Language and Identities

by Dominic Watt

Book Overview

Language and Identities offers a broad survey of our current state of knowledge on the connections between variability in language use and the construction, negotiation, maintenance and performance of identities at different levels - individual, group, regional and national. It brings together over 20 specially commissioned chapters, written by distinguished international scholars, on a range of topics around the language/identity nexus. The collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748635777
• ISBN13: 9780748635771
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher