Language and Politics / / John E. Joseph.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Joseph, John E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics : ETAL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748624270);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 politics permeates language (and vice-versa)Language and nationThe social politics of language choice and linguistic correctnessPolitics embedded in languageTaboo language and its restrictionRhetoric, propaganda and interpretationPower, hegemony and choices"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Overview: How politics permeates language (and vice versa) -- 2. Language and nation -- 3. The social politics of language choice and linguistic correctness -- 4. Politics embedded in language -- 5. Taboo language and its restriction -- 6. Rhetoric, propaganda and interpretation -- 7. Conclusion: Power, hegemony and choices -- References -- Index