The play of codes and systems in pygmalion: Bernard Shaw and Roland Barthes

In Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw deals with the social function of language (linguistic competence) as one of the markers of social status and as a source of social power. Pygmalion’s plot revolves around the linguistic idea of the critical period hypothesis. The linguist in the play bets that the...

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Main Authors: Pirnajmuddin, Hossein, Shahpoori Arani, Fatemeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2013
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6582/1/2385-9491-2-PB.pdf
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Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Language: English
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