An Introduction to Language and Society

This book explores how our ways of seeing and engaging with the world may be shaped by the categories, systems and patterns of language.

In this third edition of the bestselling classic textbook, Martin Montgomery explores the key connections between language and social life. Guiding the student through discussions on child language, accent and dialect, social class and gender, as well as a number of other topics, Montgomery provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the function of language in modern society.

This third edition includes:

new sections on dialect levelling and estuary English; hip-hop and rapping as anti-language and crossing between Creole, Panjabi and South Asian English
new material on the Gulf War and the ''War on Terror''
discussions on language in internet usage and new technologies
updated examples and references.

With detailed suggestions for further reading and practical work for each chapter, An Introduction to Language and Society is the ideal resource for students and teachers of Communication Studies and Language Studies.

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