Language and ethnicity / Carmen Fought
- Author
- Fought, Carmen, 1966-
- Published
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Copyright Date
- ©2006
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages).
Access Online
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- General issues in ethnicity and language -- Linguistic features and ethnicity in specific groups -- The role of language use in ethnicity.
- Summary
- What is ethnicity? Is there a 'white' way of speaking? Why do people sometimes borrow features of another ethnic group's language? This lively overview reveals the fascinating relationship between language ethnic identity, exploring the crucial role it plays in both revealing a speaker's ethnicity and helping to construct it.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0511245955 (electronic bk.)
9780511245954 (electronic bk.)
9780511246647 (electronic bk.)
0511246641 (electronic bk.)
0511245246
9780511245244
9780511791215 (electronic bk.)
0511791216 (electronic bk.)
9780511318993 (e-book)
0511318995 (e-book)
9780511244490
0511244495
1280702478
9781280702471
9786610702473
6610702470
0521612918 (Paper)
0521848431 (Cloth)
9780521848435
9780521612913 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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