How long does it take to read Language, the Social Mirror?
Elaine Chaika
Language, the Social Mirror by Elaine Chaika takes about 6 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 374 pages, about 102,850 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Discusses the ways people use language in society with chapters on kinesics, dialect, and bilingualism.
Subjects: Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
