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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785831603321

Autore

Breitborde Lawrence B (Lawrence Bart)

Titolo

Speaking and social identity [[electronic resource] ] : English in the lives of urban Africans / / by Lawrence B. Breitborde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998

ISBN

3-11-089308-8

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Studies in anthropological linguistics ; ; 11

Classificazione

HF 564

Disciplina

306.44/096662

Soggetti

English language - Social aspects - Liberia

English language - Spoken English - Liberia

Speech and social status - Liberia

Languages in contact - Liberia

Urban dialects - Liberia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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