Stance : sociolinguistic Perspectives / [electronic resource] edited by Alexandra Jaffe. Jaffe, Alexandra M. (Alexandra Mystra), 1960- Sociolinguistics. Language and languages Style. Social interaction. Dicourse analysis Social aspects. P40.5 306.44 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Stancetaking is central to communication. This collected volume explores stancetaking as a sociolinguistic phenomenon, looking at how speakers use language to position themselves and others and exploring how speakers and writers make use of and sometimes transform the meaning of sociolinguistic variables in their acts of stance. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 2009. 2009 Text 1 online resource (vii, 261 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331646.001.0001 eng