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Martin Pütz (ed.), Language choices: Conditions, constraints, and consequences. (Impact: Studies in language and society, 1.) Amsterdam & Philadelphia: Benjamins, 1997. Pp. ix, 427. Hb $127.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2000

Thomas Ricento
Thomas Ricento
Affiliation:
Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX 78249 tricento@lonestar.utsa.edu
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Abstract

This is a collection of 21 essays from the 20th International L.A.U.D. (Linguistic Agency University of Duisburg) Symposium, held from Feb. 28 to March 3, 1995, at the University of Duisburg, Germany. In the words of the editor of the collection, the authors “explore the relations between social, psychological and (socio)linguistic aspects of language contact and language conflict situations both from a theoretical and an applied linguistics perspective” (x). The volume is divided into four sections: “Sociolinguistic and linguistic issues,” “Language policy and language planning,” “Language use and attitudes towards language(s),” and “Code-switching: One speaker, two languages.” Rather than discuss all 21 articles, I will focus on several whose themes are relevant to a number of areas of sociolinguistics.

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Book Review
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Language in Society , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 127 - 131
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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