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040			_cMSU _bEnglish _erda
041			_aeng
050			_aP40 DOW
100	1		_aDownes, William _eAuthor
245	1	0	_aLanguage and society _cWilliam Downes
250			_a2nd
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c1998
300			_a503 pages _billustrations _c21 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
490			_aCambridge approaches to linguistics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis introduction to sociolinguistics surveys the various ways that language can be studied as a social phenomenon, examining known relationships between language variation and large-scale social factors and showing how this variation runs along "fault lines in social structure," such as divisions between social classes, the sexes, and different ethnic groups. Topics covered include the domains of language use, language change, code-switching, speech as social action, and the nature of meaning and understanding. This revised edition includes an analysis of language standardization, language conflict and planning, and a critique of the pragmatic theory of communication. It explains and illustrates the notion of register and examines the issues surrounding language ideology and power.
650		0	_aSociolinguistics
942			_2lcc _cB