Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language And Society - Couverture souple

Trudgill, Peter

 
9780140239263: Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language And Society
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 014023926X ISBN 13 : 9780140239263
Editeur : Penguin, 1995

Synopsis

This is a revised edition of Peter Trudgill's introduction to that part of linguistics which is concerned with language as a social and cultural phenomenon. The text explores the close line between language and society, and the factors that influence the way we speak including: gender; age; environment; race and class; the part of the country we come from; whom we identify with; and whom we distrust. The many variations in spoken English are explored in depth, as well as related pidgins and creoles such as those of the West Indies. He shows how these are not just a form of "broken English".

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgill's book surveys languages and societies from all over the world drawing on examples from Afrikaans to Yiddish. He has added a fascinating chapter on the development of a language as a result of a non-native speaker's use of it. Compelling and authoritative, this new edition of a bestselling book is set to redraw the boundaries of the study of sociolinguistics.

Biographie de l'auteur

Peter Trudgill is currently Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the author of: English Accents and Dialects (with Arthur Hughes); International English (with Jean Hannah); Applied Sociolinguistics; Language in the British Isles; The Dialects of England; The Sociolinguistics Reader (with Jenny Cheshire); and the Penguin books Bad Language (with Lars Andersson) and Introducing Language and Society. He lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Éditeur
Penguin
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
014023926X
ISBN 13 
9780140239263
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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