The Social History of Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Social History of Language write by Peter Burke. This book was released on 1987-10-22. The Social History of Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.
Language and Social History
Language and Social History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language and Social History write by Rajend Mesthrie. This book was released on 1995. Language and Social History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Social History of English
A Social History of English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Social History of English write by Mr Dick Leith. This book was released on 2005-08-18. A Social History of English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics. Written in a non-technical way, it takes into account standardization, pidginization, bi- and multilingualism, the issues of language maintenance and language loyalty, and linguistic variation. This new edition has been fully revised. Additions include: * new material about 'New Englishes' across the world * a new chapter entitled 'A Critical Linguistic History of English Texts' * a discussion of problems involved in writing a history of English All terms and concepts are explained as they are introduced, and linguistic examples are chosen for their accessibility and intelligibility to the general reader. It will be of interest to students of Sociolinguistics, English Language, History and Cultural Studies.
The Standard in South African English and Its Social History
The Standard in South African English and Its Social History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Standard in South African English and Its Social History write by Len W. Lanham. This book was released on 1979-01-01. The Standard in South African English and Its Social History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study of the South African variety of English is an exercise in the sociology of language conducted mainly within the conceptual framework and methodology created by William Labov. It accepts that social process and social structure are reflected in patterns of covariation involving linguistic and social variables, and in attitudes to different varieties of speech within the community. This premise is pursued here in its historical implications: linguistuic evidence in present-day speech patterns of earlier states of the society and of the social, political and cultural changes that have brought about the present state. The second main focus in this volume is directed at the concept of standard variety, that is the social attributes and functions of a formal speech pattern for which the status of standard might be claimed.
History of Language
History of Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of Language write by Steven Roger Fischer. This book was released on 2004-10-03. History of Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. Steven Roger Fischer begins his book with an examination of the modes of communication used by dolphins, birds and primates as the first contexts in which the concept of "language" might be applied. As he charts the history of language from the times of Homo erectus, Neanderthal humans and Homo sapiens through to the nineteenth century, when the science of linguistics was developed, Fischer analyses the emergence of language as a science and its development as a written form. He considers the rise of pidgin, creole, jargon and slang, as well as the effects radio and television, propaganda, advertising and the media are having on language today. Looking to the future, he shows how electronic media will continue to reshape and re-invent the ways in which we communicate. "[a] delightful and unexpectedly accessible book ... a virtuoso tour of the linguistic world."—The Economist "... few who read this remarkable study will regard language in quite the same way again."—The Good Book Guide
