Languages and Their Status - Softcover

 
9780812212495: Languages and Their Status
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0812212495 ISBN 13: 9780812212495
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987

Synopsis

An introduction both to languages themselves and to their social role, Languages and Their Status gives insight into the meaning, value, and function of language within culture and into the ways language behavior varies and changes. It examines the part languages play in the evolution and structure of communities and, in turn, the ways languages are shaped by the social forces impinging on their speakers. Each chapter discusses what it means to be a speaker of a particular language and puts that language in context among the languages of the world. This volume is complemented by a second volume entitledLanguages and Their Speakers, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Edited by Timothy Shopen

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0812212495
ISBN 13 
9780812212495
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
352
Editor
Shopen Timothy

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