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Leitner, Gerhard. 1983. The social background of the language of radio. In Davis, Howard and Paul Walton, eds. Language, image, media. Basil Blackwell. pp. 50–74.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

radio | social context

Annotation

Taking the BBC as an example, L. explores questions concerning the language of the radio in the concept of the wider sociopolitical climate, the technical and economic circumstances, and the sociolinguistic structure of the speech community.