30.686, Books: Language and Society: Simpson

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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:46:25
From: Alyssa Russell [Alyssa.Russell at oup.com]
Subject: Language and Society: Simpson

 


Title: Language and Society 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/language-and-society-9780190210663 


Author: Andrew Simpson

Paperback: ISBN:  9780190210663 Pages: 488 Price: U.S. $ 65.00


Abstract:

Language and Society is an introduction to the interaction of language and
society, intended for undergraduate students in any discipline. The book
focuses in particular the complex political and sociological roles of the
world's dominant language groups and nationalized languages, and the rapid
extinction of minority languages. 

As individuals adopt new ways of speaking, many languages are disappearing,
while others are evolving into hybrid languages with distinctive new forms,
with young speakers creating novel expressions and innovative pronunciations.
Through a variety of case studies, Andrew Simpson explains language variation
and change, and how they relate to societal structures, group expression, and
identity. Above all, he shows that language has the power to facilitate or
inhibit access to education, advances in employment, and the development of
social status.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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