Secret manipulations language and context in Africa
This book addresses a specific form of language change: deliberate manipulations of a language by its speakers. These manipulations are based and depend on cultural and social contexts; they are often considered to be secret and are at the same time expressions of difference and power
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2011, 2011
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book addresses a specific form of language change: deliberate manipulations of a language by its speakers. These manipulations are based and depend on cultural and social contexts; they are often considered to be secret and are at the same time expressions of difference and power |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 242 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780199914425 0199914427 |