An Introduction to Language and Society
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Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-38299-1
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 06/24/2008
- Pages: 336
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Table of Contents
Part 1: The Development of Language 1. The Beginnings of Language Development 2. Dialogue and Language Development Part 2: Linguistic Diversity and the Speech Community 3. Language and Regional Variation: Accent and Dialect 4. Language and Ethnic Identity: British Black English 5. Language and Subcultures: Anti-Language 6. Language and Situation: Register 7. Language and Social Class: Restricted and Elaborated Speech Variants 8. Language and Gender 9. Linguistic Diversity and the Speech Community
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