Language: Contexts and Consequences

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Open University Press, 1991 - Psychology - 244 pages
Aims to synthesize work in social psychology, communication science, sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. Begins with theory, and proceeds to a consideration of actual contexts, such as ethnolinguistic expression, bilingualism, health and ageing, where language and social forces interact.

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LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT I
1
LANGUAGE ATTITUDES
32
ACCOMMODATING LANGUAGE
60
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