Language in a Black Community - Brossura

Edwards, Viv

Brossura

ISBN 10: 090502852X ISBN 13: 9780905028521

Casa editrice: Multilingual Matters Ltd, 1984

Riassunto

Legislation enacted during the 1960s reduced immigration from the West Indies to the United Kingdom to a trickle, and by the mid-1970s virtually all children entering school had been born in Britain. This is the first study which addresses itself specifically to the question of language use in the new generation of British Black speakers. Previous discussions of black language in Britain have tended to rely heavily on anecdotal accounts and self-reports. In contrast, Language in a Black Community is based on an actual corpus of data which draws on the speech of a wide range of young British Blacks in a wide range of situations. The social characteristics of the speakers, including educational background, attitudes towards mainstream white society and social networks, are related to different kinds of language behaviour and the findings seriously question many assumptions which over the years have become conventional wisdom.

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169p black paperback with laminated cover, little used with bibliography and index, a very good copy from a Cambridge college library

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Multilingual Matters Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1984
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 090502852X
• ISBN 13: 9780905028521
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile