Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English, this text addresses such questions as: How is concern for children's safety and welfare reflected in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary English?
Using a range of evidence Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women's and men'..
Using a range of evidence Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women's and men'..
Childly Language explores how cultural assumptions about children and childhood are expressed in contemporary English - drawing on a wide range of sou..
Sociolinguistics and Social Theory brings together new critical overviews of the interface between language, social structure and social action. A wid..