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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Storch, Anne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Linguistic change > Africa.
Africa > Languages.
Changement linguistique > Afrique.
Afrique > Langues.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Language and languages
Linguistic change
Africa
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 242 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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