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100 1 _aRomaine, Suzanne,‏
_d‎1951-‏
_941555
245 1 0 _aLanguage in society :
_ban introduction to sociolinguistics /
_cSuzanne Romaine.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2013.
300 _axi, 268 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIndex : p. 263-268
504 _aBibliography : (p. [249]-262).
505 _a1. Language in Society/Society in Language -- 2. Language Choice -- 3. Sociolinguistic Patterns -- 4. Language and Gender -- 5. Language Change in Social Perspective -- 6. Pidgin and Creole Languages -- 7. Linguistic Problems as Societal Problems -- 8. Conclusions.
520 _a Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific islands of Melanesia? Why do Danes understand Norwegian better than Norwegians understand Danish? Why is a Cornish accent rated higher than Cockney speech but lower than Oxford English? Are British and American English different languages?
590 _aWessam
650 7 _aSociolinguistics.
_2BUEsh
_939810
651 _2BUEsh
653 _bHHUUEENN
_cOctober2016
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00032655-t.html
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