Language: The Social Mirror /
Chaika, Elaine, 1934-
Language: The Social Mirror / by Elaine Chaika. - 3rd ed. - Boston : Heinle & Heinle, c2008. - xii, 436 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
9781424004324
Sociolinguistics.
P40 / .C45 2008
Language: The Social Mirror / by Elaine Chaika. - 3rd ed. - Boston : Heinle & Heinle, c2008. - xii, 436 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
9781424004324
Sociolinguistics.
P40 / .C45 2008