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Language and identity [electronic resource] : an introduction / John Edwards

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Edwards, John, 1947 December 3-
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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1 online resource (viii, 314 pages)
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Contents
Introduction -- 2. Identity, the individual and the group -- 3. Identifying ourselves -- 4. Language, dialect and identity -- 5. Dialect and identity: beyond standard and nonstandard -- 6. Language, religion and identity -- 7. Language, gender and identity -- 8. Ethnicity and nationalism -- 9. Assessments of nationalism -- -- 10. Language and nationalism -- 11. Language planning and language ecology.
Summary
"The language we use forms an important part of our sense of who we are - of our identity. This book outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups - ethnic, national, religious and gender and the language varieties important to each group. What is a language? What is a dialect? Are there such things as language 'rights'? Must every national group have its own unique language? How have languages, large and small, been used to spread religious ideas? Why have particular religious and linguistic 'markers' been so central, singly or in combination, to the ways in which we think about ourselves and others? Using a rich variety of examples, the book highlights the linkages among languages, dialects and identities, with special attention given to religious, ethnic and national allegiances." --Book Jacket.
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9780511634307 (electronic bk.)
9780521873819 (hbk.)
0521873819 (hbk.)
9780521696029 (pbk.)
052169602X (pbk.)
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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-309) and index.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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