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This 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.
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'Downes's Language and Society is the clearest and most reliable introduction to the field of sociolinguistics available today.' William Labov
'Of textbooks on the market, Downes's is arguably the best, providing the most thorough overview of the subject.' Language
'... 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
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In this clear and reliable introduction to the field of sociolinguistics, Downes discusses the relationships between language variation and large-scale social factors. This thoroughly revised edition includes an analysis of language standardisation, language conflict and planning.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0521456630
- ISBN 13 9780521456630
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages516
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