{"product_id":"language-and-society-hardback-9780521450461","title":"Language and Society (Hardback) 9780521450461","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLanguage and Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a clear and reliable introduction to the field of sociolinguistics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Downes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521450461, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 September 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e514 pages, 6 b\/w illus.  9 maps  15 tables\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 3.3 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a useful and original introduction, one which accomplishes the difficult task of being suitable for both the student of language and the general reader.' Jenny Cheshire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Linguistics and sociolinguistics\u003cbr\u003e 2. A tapestry in space and time\u003cbr\u003e 3. Language varieties: processes and problems\u003cbr\u003e 4. Discovering the structure in variation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rhoticity\u003cbr\u003e 6. At the intersection of social factors\u003cbr\u003e 7. Change, meaning and acts of identity\u003cbr\u003e 8. The discourse of social life\u003cbr\u003e 9. Communication: words and world\u003cbr\u003e 10. Action and critique\u003cbr\u003e 11. Language and social explanation\u003cbr\u003e Further reading\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociolinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociolinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociolinguistics%20%5BCFB%5D%22\"\u003eCFB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007464231192,"sku":"9780521450461","price":82.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521450461i_23545a60-5852-4eed-a9b8-7e5ffa648370.jpg?v=1691382198","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/language-and-society-hardback-9780521450461","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}