The Sociolinguistics of Language: Introduction to Sociolinguistics: 6 (Language in Society) - Softcover

Fasold, Ralph W.

 
9780631138259: The Sociolinguistics of Language: Introduction to Sociolinguistics: 6 (Language in Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631138250 ISBN 13: 9780631138259
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1990

Synopsis

A companion to the author's Sociolinguistics of Society, this textbook, examines the influence of social interaction in language use and discusses a variety of facts about language from the commonplace to the exotic.

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About the Author

Ralph Fasold is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He is Advisory Editor to the Blackwell series Language in Society.

From the Back Cover

A companion to the author's Sociolinguistics of Society, this textbook, examines the influence of social interaction in language use and discusses a variety of facts about language from the commonplace to the exotic.

Questions not normally asked about everyday phenomena are raised and little known facts about language use in social contexts are explored. For example, how does one decide when it is appropriate to address someone by their first name? Why do West Indians in service occupations sometimes seem rude to their customers? Why do men in Western Societies use more local dialect forms and lower status speech forms than do women? Can it be that the often despised languages called pidgin offer important clues to the inborn human capacity for language? There are just a few of the fascinating questions explored in this lively and informative textbook.

From the Inside Flap

A companion to the author's Sociolinguistics of Society, this textbook, examines the influence of social interaction in language use and discusses a variety of facts about language from the commonplace to the exotic.

Questions not normally asked about everyday phenomena are raised and little known facts about language use in social contexts are explored. For example, how does one decide when it is appropriate to address someone by their first name? Why do West Indians in service occupations sometimes seem rude to their customers? Why do men in Western Societies use more local dialect forms and lower status speech forms than do women? Can it be that the often despised languages called pidgin offer important clues to the inborn human capacity for language? There are just a few of the fascinating questions explored in this lively and informative textbook.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631138250
ISBN 13 
9780631138259
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
358