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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-10041578624X

ISBN-139780415786249

eBay Product ID (ePID)13069199441

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages298 Pages

Publication NameLanguage, Society and Power : an Introduction

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

SubjectCommunication Studies, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Linguistics / General

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeStudy Guide

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorBetsy Evans, Annabelle Mooney

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number5

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2018-019738

Reviews" Language, Society, and Power is an outstanding introduction to the field of sociolinguistics. It addresses topics and issues that are important in the linguistics field but also make immediate and clear connections to students' daily life... Whenever I ask classes if I should use this text again, the students always say yes--with great enthusiasm." Joy Janzen , Stony Brook University, USA "This latest edition is an excellenttext to introduce students to Sociolinguistics... I particularly enjoyed the way issues of power and ideology threadthrough the text with up-to-date examples. Language, Society and Power is an invaluable tool for practitioners and any would-be-practitioner in the fields of language and society." Ayo Amuda , University of South Wales, UK "I adopted this text for my undergraduate general education course on "Language and Culture" at National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan... Highly recommended!" Victoria Rau , National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.44

Table Of ContentList of figures List of images List of tables Transcription conventions Preface to the fifth edition Preface to the fourth edition Preface to the third edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Language? Chapter 2: Language thought and representation Chapter 3: Language and politics Chapter 4: Language and the media Chapter 5: Linguistic landscapes Chapter 6: Language and gender Chapter 7: Language and ethnicity Chapter 8: Language and age Chapter 9: Language, class and symbolic capital Chapter 10: Global Englishes Chapter 11 Projects Glossary References Index

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisLanguage, Society and Power is an accessible introduction to studying language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the ways language functions, how it influences the way we view society and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class and gender. It considers whether representations of people and their language matter, explores how identity is constructed and performed, and considers the creative potential of language in the media, politics and everyday talk. The fifth edition of this popular textbook features: Updated chapters with new activities; Examples that include material related to youth language, computer-mediated communication, texting and electronic communication; New material on online mass media, fake news and Twitter as a form of political agency; More discussion of social media, social networking, memes and mobile communication; An introduction to the concepts of translanguaging and superdiversity; An expanded Gender chapter that questions binary gender identities; A companion website which includes more video material to support learning as students make their way through the book. Language, Society and Power assumes no linguistic background among readers, and is a must-read for all students of English language and linguistics, media, communication, cultural studies, sociology and psychology who are studying language and society for the first time., This book is an accessible introduction to studying language in a variety of social contexts, examining the ways language functions, how it influences the way we view society and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class and gender.

LC Classification NumberP40.L29987 2019