| Language and the City 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Loparo, Kenneth A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230018785 ISBN-13: 9780230018785 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: "Language and the City "shows how the contemporary form of globalization has certain effects on language in social context and identifies the city as the most important site for the realization of these effects. The book challenges a set of assumptions that hold sustainable linguistic diversity to be inherently non-urban while regarding the city as an unproblematic site for understanding the social function of language. The central purpose of the work is to construct a fresh conceptual framework for understanding language-city relationships. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.44 |
| LCCN: 2007019805 |
| Series: Language and Globalization |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.77" W x 8.64" (0.92 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book shows the effects of globalization on language in social context, identifying the city as the key site for the realization of these effects. It challenges assumptions that hold sustainable linguistic diversity to be inherently non-urban while regarding the city as an unproblematic site for understanding the social function of language. |