Language and Identity: An IntroductionThe language we use forms an important part of our sense of who we are of our identity. This book outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups ethnic, national, religious and gender and the language varieties important to each group. What is a language? What is a dialect? Are there such things as language 'rights'? Must every national group have its own unique language? How have languages, large and small, been used to spread