1st Edition
Language and Situation Language Varieties and their Social Contexts
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1978. This book provides and explains a framework for understanding and describing variations of style of language in relation to the social context in which it is used. Constant features of language users, such as their temporal, geographical. and social origins, their range of intelligibility, and their individualities, are related to concepts of dialects, but dialects... Read more
General Editor’s Preface 1. Introduction 2. Dialect 3. Fields of Discourse 4. Modes of Discourse 5. Tenors of Discourse 6. Register 7. Code 8. Conclusion: Textual Varieties, Meaning and Social Context. Appendix
Biography
Michael Gregory, Susanne Carroll
