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Style: Language Variation and Identity (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics) - Hardcover

Book 6 of 16: Key Topics in Sociolinguistics

Coupland, Nikolas

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9780521853033: Style: Language Variation and Identity (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics)
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ISBN 10: 0521853036 ISBN 13: 9780521853033
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Style refers to ways of speaking - how speakers use the resource of language variation to make meaning in social encounters. This 2007 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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About the Author

Nikolas Coupland is Professor and Research Director of the Cardiff University Centre for Language and Communication Research. He is a founding co-editor of the Journal of Sociolinguistics.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521853036
ISBN 13 
9780521853033
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
224
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