Language and identity : an introduction / / John Edwards [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Edwards John <1947 December 3->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetto topico: Sociolinguistics; Group identity; Language and languages - Political aspects; Identity politics; Nationalism
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-309) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 2. Identity, the individual and the group -- 3. Identifying ourselves -- 4. Language, dialect and identity -- 5. Dialect and identity: beyond standard and nonstandard -- 6. Language, religion and identity -- 7. Language, gender and identity -- 8. Ethnicity and nationalism -- 9. Assessments of nationalism -- - 10. Language and nationalism -- 11. Language planning and language ecology.
• Sommario/riassunto: The language we use forms an important part of our sense of who we are - of our identity. This book outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups - ethnic, national, religious and gender - and the language varieties important to each group. What is a language? What is a dialect? Are there such things as language 'rights'? Must every national group have its own unique language? How have languages, large and small, been used to spread religious ideas? Why have particular religious and linguistic 'markers' been so central, singly or in combination, to the ways in which we think about ourselves and others? Using a rich variety of examples, the book highlights the linkages among languages, dialects and identities, with special attention given to religious, ethnic and national allegiances.
• Altri titoli varianti: Language & Identity
• Titolo autorizzato: Language and identity
• ISBN: 0-511-84764-5; 1-107-21059-3; 1-282-39397-9; 9786612393976; 0-511-64793-X; 0-511-80984-0; 0-511-65201-1; 0-511-63309-2; 0-511-63188-X; 0-511-63430-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455075303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Key topics in sociolinguistics.