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Language and Politics
John E. Joseph
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Description for Language and Politics
Aims to define and introduce language and politics as a paradigm of intellectual study for the 21st century. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CF; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
Language, this book argues, is political from top to bottom, whether considered at the level of an individual speaker's choice of language or style of discourse with others (where interpersonal politics are performed), or at the level of political rhetoric, or indeed all the way up to the formation of national languages. By bringing together this set of topics and highlighting how they are interrelated, the book will function well as a textbook on any applied or sociolinguistic course in which some or all of these various aspects of the politics of language are covered. The chapter headings include: *How ... Read more
Language, this book argues, is political from top to bottom, whether considered at the level of an individual speaker's choice of language or style of discourse with others (where interpersonal politics are performed), or at the level of political rhetoric, or indeed all the way up to the formation of national languages. By bringing together this set of topics and highlighting how they are interrelated, the book will function well as a textbook on any applied or sociolinguistic course in which some or all of these various aspects of the politics of language are covered. The chapter headings include: *How ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics
Number of Pages
176
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748624522
SKU
V9780748624522
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About John E. Joseph
John E. Joseph is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and currently holds a three-year Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust. His previous book, Language and Identity (2004) has found a wide readership among sociologists, political scientists, historians, anthropologists and others besides linguists, many of whom will want to read his Language and Politics as its ... Read more
Reviews for Language and Politics
Few applied linguists in the 21st century either could or would want to deny the significance of political questions for their thinking and their practice. Teachers and students of applied linguistics will therefore welcome John Joseph's wide-ranging and informative text. In the spirit of his initial declaration that 'language is political from top to bottom', Joseph brings together issues that ... Read more