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an introduction

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Language and identity

an introduction

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"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
314

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Language and identity
2009, Cambridge University Press
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-309) and index.

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Cambridge, UK, New York
Series
Key topics in sociolinguistics, Key topics in sociolinguistics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.44
Library of Congress
P40.5.G76 E39 2009, P40.5.G76E39 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 314 p. ;
Number of pages
314

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23988466M
Internet Archive
languageidentity00edwa
ISBN 10
0521873819, 052169602X
ISBN 13
9780521873819, 9780521696029
LCCN
2009022581

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