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Challenges in the social life of language [electronic resource] /

by Edwards, John; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Language and globalization: Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: ix, 281 p.ISBN: ; ; ; .Subject(s): Sociolinguistics | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: PERCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS -- The Study of Attitudes: Reculer pour mieux sauter -- Are Attitudes Important? -- Language Attitudes: Contexts and Features -- PART II: IDENTITY MATTERS -- Language, Group, Identity: General Considerations -- Language, Group, Identity: Secular and Spiritual Allegiances -- Language, Group, Identity: Gender -- PART III: LANGUAGE CONTACT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- Language and Imperialism -- No Good Past Dover -- Language Learning in Anglophone Settings -- Language Contact: Present and Future -- References -- Index.
Summary: "The first book to highlight the most pressing sociology-of-language themes of our times. All of which have to do with the twin issues of power and identity. Important evidence and illustrations bearing upon these matters are provided and supplemented by an extensive bibliography"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: PERCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS -- The Study of Attitudes: Reculer pour mieux sauter -- Are Attitudes Important? -- Language Attitudes: Contexts and Features -- PART II: IDENTITY MATTERS -- Language, Group, Identity: General Considerations -- Language, Group, Identity: Secular and Spiritual Allegiances -- Language, Group, Identity: Gender -- PART III: LANGUAGE CONTACT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- Language and Imperialism -- No Good Past Dover -- Language Learning in Anglophone Settings -- Language Contact: Present and Future -- References -- Index.

"The first book to highlight the most pressing sociology-of-language themes of our times. All of which have to do with the twin issues of power and identity. Important evidence and illustrations bearing upon these matters are provided and supplemented by an extensive bibliography"-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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