Language : the social mirror /
Chaika, Elaine
Language : the social mirror / Elaine Chaika - 4th ed. - Australia : Heinle,cengage learning, c2008 - xx,578p. : 22 cm
Includes bibliography and index.
What is language? -- Field methods -- Style of speech -- Kinesics :the silent language --pragmatics and conversation -- Orality and literacy -- Everybody speaks dialect -- Bilingualism:individual and social -- Speech communities -- Vocabulary and gender -- Sociolinguistics and the professions.
9781424004324
P40 / .C43 2008
Language : the social mirror / Elaine Chaika - 4th ed. - Australia : Heinle,cengage learning, c2008 - xx,578p. : 22 cm
Includes bibliography and index.
What is language? -- Field methods -- Style of speech -- Kinesics :the silent language --pragmatics and conversation -- Orality and literacy -- Everybody speaks dialect -- Bilingualism:individual and social -- Speech communities -- Vocabulary and gender -- Sociolinguistics and the professions.
9781424004324
P40 / .C43 2008