Speaking and social identity [[electronic resource] ] : English in the lives of urban Africans / / by Lawrence B. Breitborde
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998 |
| Edizione: | Reprint 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.44/096662 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - Social aspects - Liberia |
| English language - Spoken English - Liberia | |
| Speech and social status - Liberia | |
| Languages in contact - Liberia | |
| Urban dialects - Liberia | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Speaking and social identity |
| ISBN: | 3-11-089308-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462006703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in Anthropological Linguistics