This book discusses and explores the relationship between language and world view. David Lee presents recent research in linguistics, drawing together strands from a number of different areas of the subject: the nature of linguistic and conceptual categories, the role of metaphor in the everyday use of language, gender differentiation and social variation in speech.
In this study, David Lee considers a broad range of issues in the light of two contrasting views on language. For much of its history, linguistics has been dominated by a tradition which sees individual languages as...
This book discusses and explores the relationship between language and world view. David Lee presents recent research in linguistics, drawing together...
Real Language Series General Editors:Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire, Euan Reid
This is a sociolinguistics series about the relationships between language, society and social change. Books in the series draw on natural language data from a wide range of social contexts. The series takes a critical approach to the subject, challenging current orthodoxies, and dealing with familiar topics in new ways.
Gender and Discourse offers a critical new approach to the study of language and gender studies. Women moving into the public domains of power traditionally...
Real Language Series General Editors:Jennifer Coates, Jenny Cheshire, Euan Reid
This is a sociolinguistics series about the relationshi...
