Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Register

This collection brings together several perspectives on language varieties defined according to their contexts of use--what are variously called registers, sublanguages, or genres. The volume highlights the importance of these central linguistic phenomena; it includes empirical analyses and linguistic descriptions, as well as explanations for existing patterns of variation and proposals for theoretical frameworks. The book treats languages in obsolescence and in their youth; it examines registers from languages from around the globe; and it offers several of the most complete studies of registers and register variation published to date, adopting both synchronic and diachronic perspectives.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195083644
• ISBN13: 9780195083644
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"