The Speaking Self: Language Lore and English Usage Second Edition /

• Main Author: Shapiro, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Texts in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Comparative linguistics.; Philology.; Linguistics.; English language.; Semiotics.; Language and education.; Language Education.; Comparative Linguistics.; Language and Literature.; English.

This book aims to explain social variation in language, otherwise the meaning and motivation of language change in its social aspect. It is the expanded and improved 2nd edition of the author’s self-published volume with the same title, based on revised and adapted posts on the author’s Languagelor...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Preface to the First Edition
• The Physiognomy of Speech
• Chapter One: Sounds
• Chapter Two: Meanings
• Chapter Three: Style
• Chapter Four: Syntax
• Chapter Five: Theory
• Chapter Six: Poetics
• Chapter Seven: The Psycholinguistic Pathos of Everyday Life
• Epilegomenon
• Master Glossary
• Index. .