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Author : Peter Burke
Release : 1987-10-22
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 634/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Social History of Language by : Peter Burke
Download or read book The Social History of Language written by Peter Burke. This book was released on 1987-10-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.
Author : Mr Dick Leith
Release : 2005-08-18
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 441/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Social History of English by : Mr Dick Leith
Download or read book A Social History of English written by Mr Dick Leith. This book was released on 2005-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics. Written in a non-technical way, it takes into account standardization, pidginization, bi- and multilingualism, the issues of language maintenance and language loyalty, and linguistic variation. This new edition has been fully revised. Additions include: * new material about 'New Englishes' across the world * a new chapter entitled 'A Critical Linguistic History of English Texts' * a discussion of problems involved in writing a history of English All terms and concepts are explained as they are introduced, and linguistic examples are chosen for their accessibility and intelligibility to the general reader. It will be of interest to students of Sociolinguistics, English Language, History and Cultural Studies.
Author : Rajend Mesthrie
Release : 1995
Genre : Sociolinguistics
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Book Rating : 808/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Language and Social History by : Rajend Mesthrie
Download or read book Language and Social History written by Rajend Mesthrie. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Farina Mir
Release : 2010
Genre : Literature and society
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Book Rating : 697/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Social Space of Language by : Farina Mir
Download or read book The Social Space of Language written by Farina Mir. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: poetics of belonging in the region. --Book Jacket.
Author : Robert M. Seyfarth
Release : 2017-12-05
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 14X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Social Origins of Language by : Robert M. Seyfarth
Download or read book The Social Origins of Language written by Robert M. Seyfarth. This book was released on 2017-12-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How human language evolved from the need for social communication The origins of human language remain hotly debated. Despite growing appreciation of cognitive and neural continuity between humans and other animals, an evolutionary account of human language—in its modern form—remains as elusive as ever. The Social Origins of Language provides a novel perspective on this question and charts a new path toward its resolution. In the lead essay, Robert Seyfarth and Dorothy Cheney draw on their decades-long pioneering research on monkeys and baboons in the wild to show how primates use vocalizations to modulate social dynamics. They argue that key elements of human language emerged from the need to decipher and encode complex social interactions. In other words, social communication is the biological foundation upon which evolution built more complex language. Seyfarth and Cheney’s argument serves as a jumping-off point for responses by John McWhorter, Ljiljana Progovac, Jennifer E. Arnold, Benjamin Wilson, Christopher I. Petkov and Peter Godfrey-Smith, each of whom draw on their respective expertise in linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology. Michael Platt provides an introduction, Seyfarth and Cheney a concluding essay. Ultimately, The Social Origins of Language offers thought-provoking viewpoints on how human language evolved.
