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Author Breitborde, Lawrence B. (Lawrence Bart)

Title Speaking and social identity : English in the lives of urban Africans / by Lawrence B. Breitborde.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages :) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in anthropological linguistics ; 11
Studies in anthropological linguistics ; 11.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.
Contents ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""1. Language and Life in Monrovia""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Liberia and Monrovia""; ""1.3 The Monrovia Kru""; ""1.4 The Sociolinguistic and Ethnographic Present""; ""1.5 Fieldwork""; ""1.6 Outline of the Argument""; ""2. New Krutown""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Ethnic and Linguistic Origins""; ""2.3 Urban History: Old Krutown""; ""2.4 The Establishment of New Krutown""; ""2.5 A Social Survey of New Krutown""; ""3. Linguistic Diversity and Sociolinguistic Patterns""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 The Kru of Neighborhood Residents""
""3.3 Origins of English in Liberia""""3.4 Varieties of Liberian English""; ""3.5 New Krutown English""; ""3.6 A Sociolinguistic Profile""; ""4. Conveying Social Information through English""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Kru and English in Domestic Settings""; ""4.3 English and Kru in Work Settings""; ""4.4 Code-Switching in a Public Argument""; ""5. Social Situations and the Choice of English""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Three Queen Contests""; ""5.3 Speaking in Political Meetings""; ""5.4 Situations, Social Status, and English""; ""6. Civilized Values, Civilized Language""
""6.1 Introduction""""6.2 Historical Antecedents: The Institutionalization of Civilization""; ""6.3 Unification Policy: Cultural Continuities in Institutional Change""; ""6.4 Urban Culture and the Semantics of 'Kwiness'""; ""6.5 Kwiness, Language and the Sociocultural System""; ""7. Structural Constraints and Individual Differences in the Use of English""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 The Methodist Church""; ""7.3 The Speakers in Methodist Church Services""; ""7.4 The Use of Kru and English in Sunday Services""; ""7.5 Social Identity and Patterns of Speaking""
""7.6 The Social Basis for the Use of English""""8. Systemic Inequality and the Social Meaning of English""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Linguistic and Social Inequality""; ""8.3 The Deployment of English: Individual Behavior in the Larger Sociocultural Matrix""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary of Key Names and Kru Terminology""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
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Subject English language -- Social aspects -- Liberia.
English language -- Social aspects.
Liberia.
English language -- Spoken English -- Liberia.
English language -- Spoken English.
Speech and social status -- Liberia.
Speech and social status.
Languages in contact -- Liberia.
Languages in contact.
Urban dialects -- Liberia.
Urban dialects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Breitborde, Lawrence B. (Lawrence Bart). Speaking and social identity. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998 (DLC) 97023313
ISBN 9783110893083 (electronic book)
3110893088 (electronic book)
3110147963 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9783110147964