Language: The Social Mirror
Language: The Social Mirror focuses on the ways language is used and how this use affects the individual as well as society. Thoroughly revised, the fourth edition presents a modern study of sociolinguistics through updated case studies and current research findings. Elaine Chaika gives a detailed explanation of the complexity of language and its uses. She also explores some of the most controversial issues surrounding social language including dialects, bilingualism, and gender.
- Author
- Elaine Ostrach Chaika
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 553
- Publisher
- Heinle ELT
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781424004324
- Genres
- language, linguistics, sociology
- Release date
- 2007
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