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UNINA9910785831603321 |
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Autore |
Breitborde Lawrence B (Lawrence Bart) |
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Titolo |
Speaking and social identity [[electronic resource] ] : English in the lives of urban Africans / / by Lawrence B. Breitborde |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998 |
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Edizione |
[Reprint 2011] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in anthropological linguistics ; ; 11 |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Social aspects - Liberia |
English language - Spoken English - Liberia |
Speech and social status - Liberia |
Languages in contact - Liberia |
Urban dialects - Liberia |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1 Language and Life in Monrovia -- Chapter 2 New Krutown -- Chapter 3 Linguistic Diversity and Sociolinguistic Patterns -- Chapter 4 Conveying Social Information Through English -- Chapter 5 Social Situations and the Choice of English -- Chapter 6 Civilized Values, Civilized Language -- Chapter 7 Structural Constraints and Individual Differences in the Use of English -- Chapter 8 Systemic Inequality and the Social Meaning of English -- Notes -- Glossary of Key Names and Kru Terminology -- Bibliography -- Index |
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