TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edwards,John
TI  - Language and identity: an introduction 
SN  - 9780521873819 (hbk.)
AV  - P40.5.G76 E39 2009
U1  - 306.44 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Group identity
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Identity politics
KW  - Nationalism
N2  - "The language we use forms an important part of our sense of who we are - of our identity. This book outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups - ethnic, national, religious and gender and the language varieties important to each group. What is a language? What is a dialect? Are there such things as language 'rights'? Must every national group have its own unique language? How have languages, large and small, been used to spread religious ideas? Why have particular religious and linguistic 'markers' been so central, singly or in combination, to the ways in which we think about ourselves and others? Using a rich variety of examples, the book highlights the linkages among languages, dialects and identities, with special attention given to religious, ethnic and national allegiances."--BOOK JACKET
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