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Language and Society, Paperback / softback Book

Language and Society Paperback / softback

Part of the Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics series

Paperback / softback

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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 second edition includes an analysis of language standardisation, language conflict and planning.

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  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:516 pages, 15 Tables, unspecified; 9 Maps; 6 Line drawings, unspecified
  • Publisher:Cambridge University Press
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  • ISBN:9780521456630
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  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:516 pages, 15 Tables, unspecified; 9 Maps; 6 Line drawings, unspecified
  • Publisher:Cambridge University Press
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  • ISBN:9780521456630

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