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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2014
      February 2014
      ISBN:
      9781139151269
      9781107023505
      9781107678149
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139151269
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.37kg, 200 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.26kg, 200 Pages
      • Series:
      Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
      Subjects:
      Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, Language and Linguistics
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    Series:
    Key Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
    Subjects:
    Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, Language and Linguistics
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    What makes a speech community? How do they evolve? How are speech communities identified? Speech communities are central to our understanding of how language and interactions occur in societies around the world and in this book readers will find an overview of the main concepts and critical arguments surrounding how language and communication styles distinguish and identify groups. Speech communities are not organized around linguistic facts but around people who want to share their opinions and identities; the language we use constructs, represents and embodies meaningful participation in society. This book focuses on a range of speech communities, including those that have developed from an increasing technological world where migration and global interactions are common. Essential reading for graduate students and researchers in linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics and applied linguistics.

    Reviews

    ‘This is the book we were waiting for. An informed and innovative introduction that makes us appreciate speech communities as sites for socialization, contestation, and creativity. We come away with a much better understanding of the authority of standard languages, the creativity of marginalized speech styles, and the attraction of new forms of digital literacy. A great resource for teaching and thinking critically about the power of language as well as its limitations.’

    Alessandro Duranti - Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles

    ‘Marcyliena Morgan has provided a lucid depiction of speech communities that are global in scope and mindful of the growing technological impact of social media and internet communication. This book will be of significance and interest to scholars in the social sciences, humanities, as well as education and communication studies. The foundations of the book are interdisciplinary and classical, while its conclusions are keenly insightful - if not visionary.’

    John Baugh - Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University, St Louis, and Professor Emeritus of Education and Linguistics, Stanford University

    'Morgan's book is a knowledgeable and informative introduction to speech communities, their formation, development, and organization, as well as a valuable analysis of the interaction between speech communities and the socio-political structures in which they are immersed.'

    Marco Tamburelli Source: Modern Language Review

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