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Sociolinguistics explores the relationship between society and language. Suzanne Romaine has written a lively and readable introduction to the field, covering both traditional and more recent issues such as language and gender, language in education, pidgins and creoles, and language change, drawing on examples from cultures all over the world. The text is suitable for first-year students studying on introductory courses, both general introductions to linguistics and to sociolinguistics, and for the general reader interested in language issues.
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Suzanne Romaine is Merton Professor of English Language at Oxford University.
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Language in Society An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
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Oxford University Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0198751338
ISBN 13: 9780198751335
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Oxford University Press, 1994. 1st edition, 1st printing. X + [236] pp. Printed black cloth. Price penciled inside front cover. Pages clean, unmarked, and lightly tanned around open side edges. Dust jacket has nice sheen and a little light creasing atop spine and back top edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages. Seller Inventory # 26155
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