Signs of difference : language and ideology in social life / Susan Gal, University of Chicago ; Judi...
Signs of difference : language and ideology in social life / Susan Gal, University of Chicago ; Judi...
Signs of difference : language and ideology in social life / Susan Gal, University of Chicago ; Judith T. Irvine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/4100
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English
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xi, 319 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Ethnography. Wolof in Senegal -- German-Hungarians in Hungary -- Semiotics. Ingredients: signs, conjectures, perspectives -- Comparison: the semiotics of differentiation -- Dynamics of change in differentiation -- Sites. Situating ideological work -- Among and between sites -- Scales and scale-makin...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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"How are people's ideas about languages, ways of speaking, and expressive styles shaped by their social positions and values? How is difference, in language and in social life, made and unmade? How and why are some differences persuasive as the basis for action, while other differences are ignored or erased? Written by two recognized authorities on...
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Signs of difference : language and ideology in social life / Susan Gal, University of Chicago ; Judith T. Irvine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ebook version : 9781108650762
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G 2019/4100
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74VKVeeKk7AM
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9781108491891 hardcover
1108491898 hardcover
9781108741293 paperback
1108741290 paperback
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306.44
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991024258013702626
