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Language and Society
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Downe's 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 standardisation, language conflict and planning.
-The clearest and most reliable introduction to the field of sociolinguistics available today.
-A clear survey of the key topics students will face when coming to the subject for the first time.
-This new, updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of new areas and directions in the subject.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Downe's 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 standardisation, language conflict and planning.
-The clearest and most reliable introduction to the field of sociolinguistics available today.
-A clear survey of the key topics students will face when coming to the subject for the first time.
-This new, updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of new areas and directions in the subject.