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LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY
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| By: |
M. A. K. Halliday, Jonathan J. Webster (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£74.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847065775 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847065773 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
31 January, 2009 |
| Series: |
Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday v. 10 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Presents an examination and analysis of the relationship between language and society. Beginning with Professor Halliday's work on the users and uses of language, this tenth volume provides a framework for understanding the social meaning of language, and the relation of language to other social phenomena. |
| Synopsis: |
A major enterprise comparable to a grand retrospective of the painting of some prominent artist of a distinctive school. Roy Harris, Times Literary Supplement. The tenth volume in Professor M.A.K. Halliday's collected works includes papers focusing on Language and Society. The papers provide a framework for understanding the social meaning of language, and the relation of language to other social phenomena. The volume begins with Professor Halliday's ground-breaking work on the users and uses of language. Subsequent chapters are organized around a discussion of sociolinguistic theory, and the relation between language and social class and social structure. |
| Illustrations: |
1, black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |