Bourdieu, Language and Linguistics - Softcover

Grenfell, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441154698 ISBN 13: 9781441154699

Publisher: Continuum, 2012

Synopsis

Pierre Bourdieu is regarded as one of the foremost social philosophers of the twentieth century.  His output included extensive studies of education, culture, art and language.  He went beyond being a sociologist to being regarded in the same 'public intellectual' role as Sartre, de Beauvoir and Foucault.

Issues surrounding language permeate Bourdieu's entire oeuvre.  Although he did undertake empirical studies on language in a range of contexts, very little of this was published.  This book redresses this balance; it sets out what Bourdieu has to say about language and why, and exemplifies this approach through a series of empirical language studies.

This book will appeal to researchers across the world in fields such as sociology, philosophy, cultural studies, anthropology but is of especial interest to language and linguistics scholars.

About this title

Book Description:

Sets out what Bourdieu wrote about language and why,
exemplifying this approach through a series of empirical language studies.

About the Author:

Michael Grenfell is Professor in the School of Education, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. He has researched and published extensively in Applied Linguistics and the Philosophy of Education. He had a longstanding association with Bourdieu and is author of four other books on his work, including Agent Provocateur (Continuum).

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1441154698
• ISBN 13: 9781441154699
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272