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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 September 2012
    16 November 2006
    ISBN:
    9780511618284
    9780521571760
    9780521576857
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618284
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.841kg, 448 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.718kg, 446 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Grammar and Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language (24)
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    Subjects:
    Grammar and Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language (24)
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    Language is closely linked to our social relationships and is the medium through which we participate in a variety of social activities. This fascinating study explores the important role of language in various aspects of our social life, such as identity, gender relations, class, kinship, status, and hierarchies. Drawing on data from over thirty different languages and societies, it shows how language is more than simply a form of social action; it is also an effective tool with which we formulate models of social life and conduct. These models - or particular forms of social behaviour - are linked to the classification of 'types' of action or actor, and are passed 'reflexively' from person to person, and from generation to generation. Providing a unified way of accounting for a variety of social phenomena, this book will be welcomed by all those interested in the interaction between language, culture, and society.

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    "Language and Social Relations is the most comprehensive and broad-ranging synthesis to date of a particular perspective on the study of language use..."
    -Kwai Hang Ng, American Journal of Sociology

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