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_bP3769
100 _aPenhallurick,Rob
245 0 _aStudying the english langauge
_c/ Rob Penhallurick
260 _bPalgrave Macmillan,
_aLondon :
_c2003
300 _axii, 249 p.
650 _aEnglish Language
942 _cBK
505 0 _a1. Space: the diversity of english 2. Time: the history and pre-history of english 3. Contact" the case of middle english 4. Signs: the semiotic view of languages 5. Strange orchestras: the underlying structure of languages 6. Myth: language and reality 7. Sex: language and gender 8. Tyranny:the oppressiveness of language and what to do about it 9. Telling stories: the structure of discourse in english 10. What's in a norm ? The nature of standard english 11. Language with attitude: dialect, accent and identity 12. Fixing: language planning and regulation 13. Slippage : slips of the tongue and other blunders 14. Communication breakdown: modelling what happens when we communicate 15. The nature of language :linguistic theory and the question of origins