Language and Control

by Gunther Kress, Roger Fowler, Bob Hodge

Book Overview

Originally published in 1979. This book studies language variation as a part of social practice - how language expresses and helps regulate social relationships of all kinds. Different groups, classes, institutions and situations have their special modes of language and these varieties are not just stylistic reflections of social differences; speaking or writing in a certain manner entails articulating certain social meanings, however implicit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138352853
• ISBN13: 9781138352858
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"