Language and society /

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...

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Main Author: Downes, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Cambridge approaches to linguistics.
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