Language and social relations
"Language connects people to each other in social relationships and allows them to participate in a variety of activities in everyday life. This original study explores the role of language in various domains of our social life, including identity, gender, class, kinship, deference, status, hie...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ;
no. 24. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary ebrary Cambridge Books Online |
| Summary: | "Language connects people to each other in social relationships and allows them to participate in a variety of activities in everyday life. This original study explores the role of language in various domains of our social life, including identity, gender, class, kinship, deference, status, hierarchy, and others. Drawing on materials from over thirty languages and societies, this book shows that language is not simply a tool of social conduct but the effective means by which human beings formulate models of conduct."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 427 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-418) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511257230 (electronic bk.) 0511257236 (electronic bk.) 0511256736 (electronic bk.) 9780511256738 (electronic bk.) 9780511255632 0511255632 9780511618284 (electronic bk.) 051161828X (electronic bk.) |