ABSTRACT
An Introduction to Language and Society explores how our ways of seeing and engaging with the world may be shaped by the categories, systems and patterns of language. This second edition includes new material on gender, register, the speech community, language and subcultures, and language and representation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|59 pages
The Development of Language
part II|127 pages
Linguistic Diversity and the Speech Community
part III|32 pages
Language and Social Interaction
part IV|35 pages
Language and Representation
