Language and social relations / Asif Agha.

"Language connects people to each other in social relationships and allows them to participate in a variety of activities in everyday life. This original study explores the role of language in various domains of our social life, including identity, gender, class, kinship, deference, status, hie...

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Main Author: Agha, Asif, 1961- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Series:Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 24.
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Summary:"Language connects people to each other in social relationships and allows them to participate in a variety of activities in everyday life. This original study explores the role of language in various domains of our social life, including identity, gender, class, kinship, deference, status, hierarchy, and others. Drawing on materials from over thirty languages and societies, this book shows that language is not simply a tool of social conduct but the effective means by which human beings formulate models of conduct."--Jacket.
Physical Description:xv, 427 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-418) and index.
ISBN:0521571766
0521576857
9780521571760
9780521576857
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