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Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Register

Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Register

Hardcover

Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics

Linguistics

ISBN10: 0195083644
ISBN13: 9780195083644
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 13 1994
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.77
Height: 1.23 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
This collection brings together several perspectives on language varieties defined according to their contexts of use--what are variously called registers, sublanguages, or genres. The volume highlights the importance of these central linguistic phenomena; it includes empirical analyses and linguistic descriptions, as well as explanations for existing patterns of variation and proposals for theoretical frameworks. The book treats languages in obsolescence and in their youth; it examines registers from languages from around the globe; and it offers several of the most complete studies of registers and register variation published to date, adopting both synchronic and diachronic perspectives.

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