Language and Social Context: Selected Readings

Language and Social Context: Selected Readings
ISBN-10
0140133038
ISBN-13
9780140133035
Category
Social Science
Pages
399
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Author
Pier Paolo Giglioli

Description

Even the simplest of spoken statements may provide far more information about the speaker - his social standing, his immediate situation, his relationship with his audience - than he might ever suspect.sociolinguistics focuses on all the varied aspects of the social organization of speech. We share a linguistic repertoire with members of our social networks (and failure to "fit in" linguistically may have far-reaching consequences); we also alter our speech patterns according to the specific social situation.

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