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Introducing Sociolinguistics
A Glance at the English-speaking Social and Cultural Worlds
Laura Pinnavaia- Edizione: Ottobre 2023
- Ultima ristampa: 1a 2026
- Collana: Studi Superiori
- ISBN: 9788829021499
- Pagine: 160
- Prezzo:
16,00 €15,20 €
In breve
A general lack of knowledge about the social and cultural aspects surrounding the English language still prevents many learners from reaching high levels of proficiency. In reflecting people’s ways of thinking and acting, the English language cannot and should not be studied removed from the social and cultural connotations that it holds in the minds of its speakers. It is to such meanings that this book will draw attention. By examining and exemplifying the five major pillars of sociolinguistic study – language change, language variation, boundary markers, multilingualism, and relativism – with data collected from the English-speaking world, this book will provide the sociolinguistic support necessary for learners of English.
A general lack of knowledge about the social and cultural aspects surrounding the English language still prevents many learners from reaching high levels of proficiency. In reflecting people’s ways of thinking and acting, the English language cannot [...]
Laura Pinnavaia
Is Professor of English Language at the University of Milan (Italy). Her research interests within the field of linguistics have resulted in the publication of many articles, a series of co-edited monographs, and three authored monographs: The Italian Borrowings in the OED: A Lexicographic, Linguistic and Cultural Analysis (Bulzoni, 2001); Food and Drink Idioms in English: “A Little Bit More Sugar and Lots of Spice” (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018).