附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Newspapers; Notes on contributors; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; What is language and what does it do?; Language, thought and representation; Language and politics; Language and the media; Language and gender; Language and ethnicity; Language and age; Language and class; Language and identity; The standard English debate; Attitudes to language; Glossary; References; Index.
摘要:This is a completely updated and expanded second edition. Lively and accessible, it looks at the ways in which language functions, how it influences thought and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class and gender.
