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2nd Edition
An Introduction to Language and Society
Copyright Year 1996
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Book Description
An Introduction to Language and Society explores how our ways of seeing and engaging with the world may be shaped by the categories, systems and patterns of language. This second edition includes new material on gender, register, the speech community, language and subcultures, and language and representation.
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Biography
Martin Montgomery is director of the Programme on Literary Linguistics at the University of Strathclyde where he is also a member of the John Logie Baird Centre for film and television.
Reviews
'Compulsive reading for both students and language-enthusiasts alike.' - Language International