Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity

by Roger J. Kreuz

Book Overview

How much of ourselves do we disclose when we speak or write? A person's accent may reveal, for example, whether they hail from Australia, or Ireland, or Mississippi. But it's not just where we were born--we divulge all sorts of information about ourselves and our identity through language. Level of education, gender, age, and even aspects of our personality can all be reliably determined by our vocabulary and grammar. To those who know what to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633888975
• ISBN13: 9781633888975
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"