by Peter Burke (Editor), Roy Porter (Editor), Dell H. Hymes (Afterword)
This important book examines the role of written and spoken language in shaping our sense of reality, in exchanges of social life, and in fashioning our sense of self. It develops a distinctive, socio-historical approach to these issues, offering a range of illuminating studies in the social history of language.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 372
Edition: 1
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 15 May 1994
ISBN 10: 0745613411
ISBN 13: 9780745613413