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020			_a9780521873819 (hbk.)
020			_a0521873819 (hbk.)
020			_a9780521696029 (pbk.)
020			_a052169602X (pbk.)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dBWKUK _dBWK _dSINIE _dUKM _dCDX _dHEBIS _dDEBBG _dUWO _dMIX _dBDX _dTULIB _dUKMGB _dOCLCO _dOCLCA _dOCLCF _dOCLCQ
050	0	0	_aP40.5.G76 _bE39 2009
082	0	0	_a306.44 _222
100	1		_aEdwards, John, _d1947 December 3-
245	1	0	_aLanguage and identity : _ban introduction / _cJohn Edwards
260			_aCambridge, UK ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2009
300			_aviii, 314 p. ; _c23 cm
520	1		_a"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
650		0	_aSociolinguistics
650		0	_aGroup identity
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xPolitical aspects
650		0	_aIdentity politics
650		0	_aNationalism
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