ISBN:
9780190210670
,
9780190940201
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 476 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Print version Simpson, Andrew Language and Society : An Introduction
DDC:
306.44
Abstract:
Intended for non-majors, this introductory textbook covers a broad and exciting array of topics in the interaction of language and society. It focuses in particular on the complex political and sociological roles of the world's dominant language groups and nationalized languages, and the rapid extinction of minority languages
Abstract:
Cover -- Language and Society -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword for Instructors -- 1. Languages and Dialects -- 2. Languages with Special Roles: National and Official Languages -- 3. Languages under Pressure: Minority Groups and Language Loss -- 4. Diglossia and Code-Switching -- 5. Pidgins and Creoles: The Birth and Development of New Languages -- 6. The Globalization of English -- 7. Language(s) in the United States -- 8. Bilingualism -- 9. Language and Thought: The Linguistic Relativity Controversy -- 10. Language and Gender -- 11. Language Variation and Change -- References -- Index
