Drawing on examples of conversation, social media and daily news, Rymes illustrates how knowledge about language and its social value spreads through everyday language debates.
Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises.
A lively account of how we Talk about language, it will be an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers in Sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.
Drawing on examples of conversation, social media and daily news, Rymes illustrates how knowledge about language and its social value spreads through everyday language debates