Penhallurick,Rob  <br/><br/>
Studying the english langauge 
/ Rob Penhallurick 
 - London :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2003 
 - xii, 249 p. 
<br/><br/>1.	Space: the diversity of english<br/>2.	Time: the history and pre-history of english<br/>3.	Contact" the case of middle english<br/>4.	Signs: the semiotic view of languages<br/>5.	Strange orchestras: the underlying structure of languages<br/>6.	Myth: language and reality<br/>7.	Sex: language and gender<br/>8.	Tyranny:the oppressiveness of language and what to do about it<br/>9.	Telling stories: the structure of discourse in english<br/>10.	What's in a norm ? The nature of standard english<br/>11.	Language with attitude: dialect, accent and identity<br/>12.	Fixing: language planning and regulation<br/>13.	Slippage : slips of the tongue and other blunders <br/>14.	Communication breakdown: modelling what happens when we communicate<br/>15.	The nature of language :linguistic theory and the question of origins<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780333727409 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English Language
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>420  / P3769