Sociolinguistics and the Narrative Turn : : Researching language and society in contexts of change and transition / / Rada Tirvassen.
Sociolinguistics and the Narrative Turn presents a fresh approach to sociolinguistics. Located within a qualitative paradigm, it proposes an alternative method for generating knowledge in the field. To start with, there is an argued critique of some of the guiding principles of traditional socioling...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, , Boston : : BRILL,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages). |
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| Summary: | Sociolinguistics and the Narrative Turn presents a fresh approach to sociolinguistics. Located within a qualitative paradigm, it proposes an alternative method for generating knowledge in the field. To start with, there is an argued critique of some of the guiding principles of traditional sociolinguistics which is driven by a trend of scholarship that draws on the meta-narrative of the researcher. In this traditional approach to sociolinguistics, the interpretation of the language phenomenon is not only decontextualised but also stripped of human experience. To illustrate his argument that a qualitative narrative approach to knowledge generation can offer different perspectives and can renew the theorisation of the relationship between language and society, the author has conducted a small-scale study consisting of seven participants. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004380957 9004380949 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Rada Tirvassen. |