An introduction to language and society
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An introduction to language and society
（Studies in culture and communication）
Routledge, 1995
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Includes index
Bibliography: p. 256-265
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
Part One: The Development of Language 1. The beginnings of language development 2. Dialogue and language development Part Two : 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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