Speech communities / Marcyliena Morgan.
Material type: TextSeries: Key topics in linguistic anthropologyDescription: xi, 190 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781107023505 (Hardback)
- 9781107678149 (Paperback)
- 306.44 23
- P40.5.L38 M68 2014
- LAN009000
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-185) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. What are speech communities?; 2. Representing speech communities; 3. Constructing speech communities; 4. The African-American speech community; 5. Youth communities: the hip-hop nation; 6. Voice and empowerment in gender and sexuality; 7. Online speech communities; 8. Language in and out of the classroom; 9. Performance and play in speech communities; 10. Power, ideology and prejudice.
"The study of speech communities is central to the understanding of human language and meaning. Speech communities are groups that share values and attitudes about language use, varieties and practices. These communities develop through prolonged interaction among those who operate within these shared and recognized beliefs and value systems regarding forms and styles of communication"--
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