Language in society an introduction to sociolinguistics
Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect? Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while sociolog...
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Main Author: | Romaine, Suzanne 1951- (Author) |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford New York
Oxford University Press
2000
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Edition: | Second edition |
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