Publications

Publication details [#41362]

Akinnaso, F. Niyi. 1985. On the similarities between spoken and written language. Language and Speech 28 (4) : 323–360.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative function | sociolinguistics | spoken language | written language

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.catchword.com/titles/00238309.htm

Annotation

This paper questions the theoretical assumptions and the quantitative approach used in comparative studies of spoken and written language and presents a sociolinguistic approach which connects linguistic forms with macro-sociological contexts and communicative goal and function.