Alexandra Jaffe: 2 books
Sociolinguistics from the Periphery
Small Languages in New Circumstances
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
This leading team of scholars presents a fascinating book about change: shifting political, economic and cultural conditions; ephemeral, sometimes even seasonal, multilingualism; and altered imaginaries for minority and indigenous languages and their users. The authors refer to this network of interlinked...
Stance
Sociolinguistic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2009
All communication involves acts of stance, in which speakers take up positions vis-à-vis the expressive, referential, interactional and social implications of their speech. This book brings together contributions in a new and dynamic current of academic explorations of stancetaking as a sociolinguistic...