The Sociolinguistics of Identity.

Across the social and behavioural sciences there has been an increased interest in identity as a subject of inquiry. Despite this, there remain questions to which researchers need to find answers and challenges to be made to older paradigms of analysis in order to continue to push the frontiers of k...

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Main Author: Omoniyi, Tope
Other Authors: White, Goodith
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006
Series:Advances in sociolinguistics.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Across the social and behavioural sciences there has been an increased interest in identity as a subject of inquiry. Despite this, there remain questions to which researchers need to find answers and challenges to be made to older paradigms of analysis in order to continue to push the frontiers of knowledge in this research domain. Identity is a problematic concept inasmuch as we recognise it now as non-fixed, non-rigid and always being co-constructed by individuals of themselves, or by people who share certain core values or perceive another group as having such values. This volume re-e.
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages)
ISBN:9781441183682
144118368X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.