The Social Life of Words: A Historical Approach

ISBN-13: 9781119881032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 223 str.

UK) Wright Laura (University of Cambridge

Spis treści

IntroductionChapter 1. Words and social networksChapter 2. Communities of practiceChapter 3. PolysemyChapter 4. OnomasiologyChapter 5. Prototypes and stereotypesChapter 6. Language regard and influencersChapter 7. Indexicality and EnregistermentChapter 8. Types of spaceChapter 9. Lexical appropriationChapter 10. Bringing theories, methods and approaches togetherReferencesIndex

O autorze

Laura Wright is a Professor of English Language at the University of Cambridge. She is a historical sociolinguist who tracks the social history of English. Her books include Sunnyside: A Sociolinguistic History of British House Names, The Multilingual Origins of Standard English, Southern English Varieties Then and Now, and Multilingual Practices in Language History: New Perspectives.