| Observing and Analysing Natural Language Contributor(s): Milroy, Lesley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631136231 ISBN-13: 9780631136231 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $53.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1991 Annotation: Social networks -- those informal and formal social relationships of which any human society is composed -- are distinguished by their own patters of language use. Lesley Milroy is concerned with the manner in which patterns of linguisitic variation characterize particular groups (social and cultural, geographic, male and female) within a complex urban community. First published in 1980, "Language and Social Networks "has had a great influence on the development of sociolinguistics. The second edition incorporates an extensive new chapter reappraising the original research and discussing other sociolinguistic work in the same paradigm. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 401.907 |
| LCCN: 87005202 |
| Series: Language in Society |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.86" W x 9.02" (0.8 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Social networks -- those informal and formal social relationships of which any human society is composed -- are distinguished by their own patters of language use. Lesley Milroy is concerned with the manner in which patterns of linguisitic variation characterize particular groups (social and cultural, geographic, male and female) within a complex urban community. |