Language, Society and Power: An Introduction - Hardcover

Thomas, Linda; Wareing, Shân

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415187443 ISBN 13: 9780415187442

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Language, Society and Power explores the extent to which language reflects and creates our perception of the world, and who makes decisions about what is appropriate language to use. Written in a lively and accessible way, each chapter provides a core introduction to a particular social or political issue in language study, such as ethnicity, gender, class, age, identity, the standard English debate, politics, and the media. The book contains numerous exercises, end of chapter summaries and a glossary of key terms. Language, Society and Power encourages the reader to look beyond the role of language as information exchange and to consider the wider issues of the relationship between language and culture. In this sense the book is highly interdisciplinary and will be essential for students of English language and linguistics from A-level upwards, and of great relevance to students of media, communication, and cultural studies, sociology and psychology.

About this title

About the Author

The authors are very much a team, all based at Roehampton Institute and all teaching the course that the book is based on.

Review

Beginning students on both sides of the Atlantic will find the book friendly and informative on many aspects of media studies, sociolinguistics and communication arts, psychology and popular culture.
–Leonard R.N. Ashley, Geolingustics, 2004

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0415187443
• ISBN 13: 9780415187442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240