Language: Contexts and Consequences
- ISBN-10
- 0335098738
- ISBN-13
- 9780335098736
- Series
- Language
- Category
- Psychology / Social Psychology
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Authors
- Nikolas Coupland, Howard Giles
Description
Aims to synthesize work in social psychology, communication science, sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. Begins with theory, and proceeds to a consideration of actual contexts, such as ethnolinguistic expression, bilingualism, health and ageing, where language and social forces interact.
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