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Language and social context / selected readings.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin language and linguisticsPublication details: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England : Penguin Books, c1990.Description: 383p . : ill. ; 18cmISBN:
  • 9780140133035 (pbk.) :
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DDC classification:
  • 400
Summary: Even the simplest of spoken statements may provide far more information about the speaker - his social standing, his immediate situation, his relationship with his audience - than he might ever suspect.sociolinguistics focuses on all the varied aspects of the social organization of speech. We share a linguistic repertoire with members of our social networks (and failure to "fit in" linguistically may have far-reaching consequences); we also alter our speech patterns according to the specific social situation
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Reprint. Originally published: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Eng. : Penguin Education, 1972

Even the simplest of spoken statements may provide far more information about the speaker - his social standing, his immediate situation, his relationship with his audience - than he might ever suspect.sociolinguistics focuses on all the varied aspects of the social organization of speech. We share a linguistic repertoire with members of our social networks (and failure to "fit in" linguistically may have far-reaching consequences); we also alter our speech patterns according to the specific social situation

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