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Thierry Bulot (ed.), Langue urbaine et identité (Langue et urbanisation linguistique à Rouen, Venise, Berlin, Athènes et Mons). Paris & Montreal: L'Harmattan, 1999. Pp. 235. Pb Euros 19.85.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2002

Gilles Forlot
Gilles Forlot
Affiliation:
Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres (IUFM), Lille, 161, rue d'Esquerchin – BP 827, 59508 Douai Cedex, France, gilles.forlot@lille.iufm.fr
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This book proposes to examine how the development of the city is intrinsically connected with language interactions and social norms. How can one account for social behaviors in urban settings without explaining why such behaviors are specifically urban? The studies collected here aim at expounding how five cities – Rouen (France), Venice (Italy), Berlin (Germany), Athens (Greece), and Mons (Belgium) – are places of tension, conflict, and community sharing through the use of dialectal or sociolectal language varieties.

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Language in Society , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , July 2002 , pp. 466 - 469
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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