The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics

by Louise Mullany, Peter Stockwell, Carmen Llamas

Book Overview

Have you ever noticed an accent or puzzled over a dialect phrase? Language can be a powerful tool with which one can create a persona; it can be a common ground between people or can be used as a divide between social groups. This Companion is for anyone who is interested in how and why people speak and write with such diversity.

The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics includes articles by leading scholars in the field on:

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415338506
• ISBN13: 9780415338509
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"