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
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2000
Edition:2nd ed.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central