Publication

2007 - Cambridge University Press, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

EBook

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780511346286
  • ISBN-139780511352522
  • ISBN-10051134628X
  • ISBN-100511352522
  • OverDrive9554328C-54F5-4172-9011-4AEE57DDA038
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780511346286
  • Open LibraryOL24286574M

Description

Style refers to ways of speaking - how speakers use the resource of language variation to make meaning in social encounters. This book develops a coherent theoretical approach to style in sociolinguistics, illustrated with copious examples. It explains how speakers project different social identities and create different social relationships through their style choices, and how speech-style and social context inter-relate. Style therefore refers to the wide range of strategic actions and performances that speakers engage in, to construct themselves and their social lives. Coupland draws on and integrates a wide variety of contemporary sociolinguistic research as well as his own extensive research in this field. The emphasis is on how social meanings are made locally, in specific relationships, genres, groups and cultures, and on studying language variation as part of the analysis of spoken discourse.

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  • StyleEBookCambridge University Press2007

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