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Language and Society

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  • 384pagine
  • 14 ore di lettura

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This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Downes' textbook is an accessible introduction to the social aspects of language and their various explanations. Topics covered include domains of language use, language change, code-switching, speech as social action, and the nature of meaning and understanding. This new edition includes an up-to-date analysis of language standardization, language conflict and planning.

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Language and Society, William Downes

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Pubblicato
1994
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Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
1994
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
384
ISBN10
0006361854
ISBN13
9780006361855
Serie
Descrizione
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Downes' textbook is an accessible introduction to the social aspects of language and their various explanations. Topics covered include domains of language use, language change, code-switching, speech as social action, and the nature of meaning and understanding. This new edition includes an up-to-date analysis of language standardization, language conflict and planning.