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Language Variation as Social Practice: The Linguistic Construction of Identity in Belten High - Language in Society
Eckert, Penelope (Stanford University)
Language Variation as Social Practice: The Linguistic Construction of Identity in Belten High - Language in Society
Eckert, Penelope (Stanford University)
Based on two years of sociolinguistic and ethnographic fieldwork in one school, supplemented by shorter periods of fieldwork in three other schools, this study focuses on the polarized social categories, the 'jocks' and the 'burnouts', that dominate social organization in all of these schools.
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Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 7, 2000 |
Original release date | 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780631186038 |
Publishers | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Pages | 260 |
Dimensions | 158 × 234 × 24 mm · 498 g |
Language | English |
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