Language and Politics / / John E. Joseph.
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 po...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics : ETAL
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
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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