Challenges in the Social Life of Language

1. Introduction

1. Introduction
John Edwards

Part 1. Perceptual Underpinnings

2. The Study of Attitudes: Reculer pour mieux sauter
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3. Are Attitudes Important?
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4. Language Attitudes: Contexts and Features
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Part 2. Identity Matters

5. Language, Group, Identity: General Considerations
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6. Language, Group, Identity: Secular and Spiritual Allegiances
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7. Language, Group, Identity: Gender
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Part 3. Language Contact and Its Consequences

8. Language and Imperialism
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9. No Good Past Dover
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10. Language Learning in Anglophone Settings
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11. Language Contact: Present and Future
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Keywords: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Self and Identity, Language and Literature