Downes, William. <br/><br/>
Language and society / 
William Downes. 
 - [London] :  Fontana Paperbacks,  [1984] 
 - 384 p. :  ill. ;  20 cm. 
 - Fontana linguistics .
 - Fontana linguistics. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. [365]-378. 
<br/><br/>Linguistics and sociolinguistics -- A tapestry in space and time -- Language varieties: processes and problems -- Discovering the structure in variation -- Rhoticity -- At the intersection of social factors -- Change, meaning and acts of identity -- Discourse games -- Knowledge of words and knowledge of the world -- A mode of action -- Language and social explanation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0006361854 (pbk.) 9780006361855 (pbk.)  Hadiah 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociolinguistics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Sociolinguistics