Functions of in-house language
Observations on data collected from some British financial institutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2908658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Ean Taylor (0000-0001-8946-0211) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 1987-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404500012094 |
| OpenAlex | W1982441960 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The nonuse of available slang terms for cash among British bank and building society cashiers is noted and an explanation sought in the field of social control. The possible relevance of the Whorfian hypothesis is explored, and it is suggested that the in-house terms discussed have social and psychological functions in addition to the representational. (Financial terminology, social control, language functions, Whorfian hypothesis
Cash · Control (management) · Economics · Field (mathematics) · Linguistics · Management · Political science · Relevance (law) · Slang · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Terminology · Finance · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |