Language Variation As Social Practice The Linguistic Construction of Identity in Belten High |
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| Author:
| Eckert, Penelope |
| Series title: | Language in Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-631-18604-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $57.95USD $44.50 |
Book Description:
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∗ Provides an ethnographically rich account of sociolinguistic variation in an adolescent population.
∗ Shows how local processes coincide with the global patterning of variation with class, gender and age.
∗ Uncovers the nature of social meaning and the dynamics of influence in variation.
∗ Provides an ethnographically rich account of sociolinguistic variation in an adolescent population.
∗ Shows how local processes coincide with the global patterning of variation with class, gender and age.
∗ Uncovers the nature of social meaning and the dynamics of influence in variation.