Language and Situation: Language Varieties and their Social Contexts

by Susanne Carroll, Michael Gregory, Michael Gregory II, et al.

Book Overview

Originally published in 1978. This book provides and explains a framework for understanding and describing variations of style of language in relation to the social context in which it is used. Constant features of language users, such as their temporal, geographical. and social origins, their range of intelligibility, and their individualities, are related to concepts of dialects, but dialects are not the only kind of language variety. There are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138352888
• ISBN13: 9781138352889
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"