An excellent basic book for students since it carefully charts advertising from different perspectives: social, communicative, ideological and psychological'.
An excellent basic book for students since it carefully charts advertising from different perspectives: social, communicative, ideological and psychol...
In studying the various roles that language, speech and communication play in relations between the sexes, Language, The Sexes and Society identifies and illuminates the processes involved- such as stereotyping, social categorization and discrimination.
Identifies the social, psychological and linguistic processes that underlie sex differences in language.
Studies the various roles that language, speech and communication play in relations between the sexes and illuminates the processes involved- such as stereotyping, social categorization...
In studying the various roles that language, speech and communication play in relations between the sexes, Language, The Sexes and Society iden...
This is an introduction to those aspects of sociolinguistics broadly described as the sociology of language; the effect of language and dialect differences on society.
Beginning with a general description of the social consequences of several languages being used in one society, Ralph Fasold moves on to discuss 'diglossia', the phenomena by which social functions are assigned to languages and dialects in a predictable manner. Other aspects of the subject covered here include social attitudes towards various languages and dialects, the social forces which influence multilingual...
This is an introduction to those aspects of sociolinguistics broadly described as the sociology of language; the effect of language and dialect differ...
It starts from a theoretical viewpoint of both language and culture as conventionalised forms of situated practice and uses this as a unifying framework to cover the full range of topics normally treated under the rubric of language and culture.
It starts from a theoretical viewpoint of both language and culture as conventionalised forms of situated practice and uses this as a unifying framewo...
First published in 1980, Language and Social Networks has had a great influence on the development of sociolinguistics. The second edition incorporates an extensive new chapter reappraising the original research and discussing other sociolinguistic work in the same paradigm.
First published in 1980, Language and Social Networks has had a great influence on the development of sociolinguistics. The second edition inco...
Written by a linguist who is himself a journalist, this is a uniquely informed account of the language of the news media. Based in the frameworks of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis its concerns are with the notion of the news story, the importance of the processes which produce media language and the role of the audience.
Written by a linguist who is himself a journalist, this is a uniquely informed account of the language of the news media. Based in the frameworks of s...
Professor Wrigley assesses the main features of Lloyd George's career from his early days as a fiery Welsh radical through the pre-First World War Liberal social reforms to his premiership (1916-1922) and after. He concludes with an assessment of the place of Lloyd George in British political history and a survey of the biographical material available.
Professor Wrigley assesses the main features of Lloyd George's career from his early days as a fiery Welsh radical through the pre-First World War Lib...
This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.
Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics
Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change
Includes chapters on social class, neighborhood, ethnicity, gender, and social networks that delineate the leaders of linguistic change as women of the upper working class with a high density of interaction within their...
This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.
This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.
Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics
Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change
Includes chapters on social class, neighborhood, ethnicity, gender, and social networks that delineate the leaders of linguistic change as women of the upper working class with a high density of interaction within their...
This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.
Language, Society and the Elderly is the first concerted attempt to give a social account of language and interaction in later life. The book gives a detailed critique of the cognitive bias of existing studies of elderly people's language. In its place, the authors propose a socially-based approach which explains how older people's life circumstances, concerns, goals and beliefs influence their styles of interaction.
Language, Society and the Elderly is the first concerted attempt to give a social account of language and interaction in later life. The book gives a ...
