Sociolinguistic Perspectives - Papers on Language in Society, 1959-1994

Zusatztext This collection of articles, along with Huebner's discussion of Feruson's impact on the field, is a fitting tribute to a scholar who delicately combined 'impeccable academic rigor, professional integrity, and human kindness Klappentext This is a collection of the most influential and important work of the distinguished sociolinguist Charles A. Ferguson, ranging from studies of baby talk across cultures to analyses of the impact of literacy and religion on cultures across the world. Zusammenfassung This is a collection of the most influential and important work of the distinguished sociolinguist Charles A. Ferguson! ranging from studies of baby talk across cultures to analyses of the impact of literacy and religion on cultures across the world.

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• Authors: Charles A. Ferguson, Charles Albert Ferguson
• Assisted by: Thom Huebner (Editor), Huebner Thom (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.1996
• EAN: 9780195092912
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509291-2
• No. of pages: 358
• Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics; Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics