ISBN:
0199858616
,
9780199858613
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 133 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
18 cm
Series Statement:
Very short introductions 365
Series Statement:
Very short introductions
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Sociolinguistics
;
Language and culture
;
Sociolinguistics
;
Einführung
;
Englisch
;
Soziolinguistik
Description / Table of Contents:
Coming to termsVariation and change -- Perceptions of language -- Protecting language -- Languages great and small -- Loyalty, maintenance, shift, loss, and revival -- Multilingualism -- Name, sex, and religion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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