Language Society And The State

Author : Gareth Price
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614514640

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Language, Society, and the State by Gareth Price Pdf

Using Taiwan as a case study, this book constructs an innovative theory of a political sociology of language. Through documentary and ethnographic data and a comparative-historical method the book illustrates how language mediates interactions between society and the state and becomes politicized as a result; how language, politics and power are intertwined processes; and how these processes are not isolated in institutions but socially embedded.

Author : Stanley D. Brunn,Roland Kehrein
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031181467

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Language, Society and the State in a Changing World by Stanley D. Brunn,Roland Kehrein Pdf

This book addresses the changing contemporary language worlds in three major contexts. It first discusses how the language landscape maps of cities are changing as a result of increased migration, globalization and global media. These features are evident in place names and place name changes as well as the densities and frequencies of language spoken and used in texts. The second section discusses how the state itself is responding to both indigenous and heritage groups desiring to be included and represented in the state’s political landscapes and also expressions of art and culture. In the third section, the authors address a number of cutting-edge theses that are emerging in the linguistic geography and political words. These include the importance of gender, anthropogenetic discourse, the preservation of endangered languages and challenges to a state’s official language policy. Through including authors from nine different countries, who are writing about issues in twelve countries and their overlapping interests in language mapping, language usage and policy and visual representations, this book provides inspiring research into future topics at local, national, regional and international scales.

Author : Annabelle Mooney,Jean Stilwell Peccei,Suzanne LaBelle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 041557658X

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Language, Society and Power by Annabelle Mooney,Jean Stilwell Peccei,Suzanne LaBelle Pdf

This book examines the ways in which language functions, how it influences thought and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class and gender. It seeks to answer such questions as: How can a language reflect the status of children and older people? Do men and women talk differently? How can our use of language mark our ethnic identity? It also looks at language use in politics and the media and investigates how language affects and constructs our identities, exploring notions of correctness and attitudes towards language use. While it can be used as a stand-alone text, this edition of Language, Society and Power has also been fully cross-referenced with the new companion title: The Language, Society and Power Reader. Together these books provide the complete resource for students of English language and linguistics, media, communication, cultural studies, sociology and psychology. --Book Jacket.

Author : Xing Yu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780761869047

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Language and State by Xing Yu Pdf

This book argues that a tribe of the primitive society is formed because of kinship, while a state of the civilized society is formed because of language. When humans communicate using language, they extend the distance and the reaches of communication. They expand their communities. States replace tribes. Language underlies the formation of the state. Then, accordingly, language also underlies the organization of the state as men create language solutions in the organization of the state such as constitution, election and representation. The extension of linguistic communication distance also underlies the formation of three juxtaposing branches of government ― administrative, legislative and judicial body. It also enables men to create various forms of civilization such as history, philosophy, literature, art, religion and law which play a role in the construction of men’s spirit that guides the operation of the state. Language presets the whole process of the progress of civilization.

Author : Arnetha Ball,Sinfree Makoni,Geneva Smitherman,Arthur K. Spears,Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134507269

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Black Linguistics by Arnetha Ball,Sinfree Makoni,Geneva Smitherman,Arthur K. Spears,Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o Pdf

This groundbreaking collection re-orders the elitist and colonial elements of language studies by drawing together the multiple perspectives of Black language researchers.

Author : Rajesh Kumar,Om Prakash
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527522671

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Language, Identity and Contemporary Society by Rajesh Kumar,Om Prakash Pdf

This book explores the instrumentality of language in constructing identity in contemporary society. The processes of globalization, hyper-mobility, rapid urbanization, and the increasing desire of local populations to be linked to the global community have created a pressing need to reconfigure identity in this new world order. Following the digital revolution, both traditional and new media are dissolving linguistic boundaries. The centrality of language in organizing communities and groups cannot be overstated: our social order is developed alongside our linguistic allegiance, shared narratives, collective memories, and common social history. Keeping in mind the fluidity of identity, the book brings together fourteen chapters providing cultural and social perspectives. The ideas reflected here draw on a range of disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, the politics of language, and linguistic identity.

Author : John R. Edwards
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1985-01
Category : Ethnicity
ISBN : 0631142339

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Language, Society, and Identity by John R. Edwards Pdf

Author : Xing Yu
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 763 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781039125186

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Language and State by Xing Yu Pdf

Language and State: A Theory of the Progress of Civilization, Second Edition, argues that the state takes form because of language. It argues that since humans began to use language, they have been able to create and use media. Media include materials, human behavior, human consciousness and humans themselves. Media extend the distance of linguistic communication and then humans interact with one another on a large scale and form themselves into a large community. This leads to the formation of the state and the dissolution of tribes. Linguistic communication then structures human interactions in the formation of the state. Humans exchange information with one another, give interpretations, display attitudes and make promises to one another. They even allow for one person to issue commands to all others. Humans organize the state in various types of linguistic interaction, which further create a condition for the formation of the common interest of all: a foundation for the building of the state. Then, humans rationalize the organization of the state in extending the distance of linguistic communication. Humans realize freedom, equality, peace, democracy and justice in their mutual linguistic interactions. Language gives origin to the state and sustains the development of the state. Language has preset the whole process of the progress of human civilization.

Author : Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui,Alamin Mazrui
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9966468234

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Swahili State and Society by Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui,Alamin Mazrui Pdf

This text examines the social and political impact of the Swahili language.

Author : James Stanlaw,Nobuko Adachi,Zdenek Salzmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429974700

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Language, Culture, and Society by James Stanlaw,Nobuko Adachi,Zdenek Salzmann Pdf

Why should we study language? How do the ways in which we communicate define our identities? And how is this all changing in the digital world? Since 1993, many have turned to Language, Culture, and Society for answers to questions like those above because of its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology. This seventh edition carries on the legacy while addressing some of the newer pressing and exciting challenges of the 21st century, such as issues of language and power, language ideology, and linguistic diasporas. Chapters on gender, race, and class also examine how language helps create - and is created by - identity. New to this edition are enhanced and updated pedagogical features, such as learning objectives, updated resources for continued learning, and the inclusion of a glossary. There is also an expanded discussion of communication online and of social media outlets and how that universe is changing how we interact. The discussion on race and ethnicity has also been expanded to include Latin- and Asian-American English vernacular.

Author : Peter Wagner
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1845451198

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The Languages of Civil Society by Peter Wagner Pdf

The series emerged from the study Towards a European Civil Society, on which 40 political scientists, sociologists, historians, and other scholars in 10 countries worked for two and a half years. This first volume looks at the debates about civil society over the past two decades in East Central Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and finally in Europe and globally, as a counter to unjustified state domination and neo-liberal marketization. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Linda Thomas,Shân Wareing
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134661602

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Language, Society and Power by Linda Thomas,Shân Wareing Pdf

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Pierre Orelus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135941970

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Affirming Language Diversity in Schools and Society by Pierre Orelus Pdf

Language is perhaps the most common issue that surfaces in debates over school reform, and plays a vital role in virtually everything we are involved. This edited volume explores linguistic apartheid, or the disappearance of certain languages through cultural genocide by dominant European colonizers and American neoconservative groups. These groups have historically imposed hegemonic languages, such as English and French, on colonized people at the expense of the native languages of the latter. The book traces this form of apartheid from the colonial era to the English-only movement in the United States, and proposes alternative ways to counter linguistic apartheid that minority groups and students have faced in schools and society at large. Contributors to this volume provide a historical overview of the way many languages labeled as inferior, minority, or simply savage have been attacked and pushed to the margins, discriminating against and attempting to silence the voice of those who spoke and continue to speak these languages. Further, they demonstrate the way and the extent to which such actions have affected the cultural life, learning process, identity, and the subjective and material conditions of linguistically and historically marginalized groups, including students.

Author : Marcel Danesi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Semiotics
ISBN : 0333749251

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Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things by Marcel Danesi Pdf

This is an excellent and useful introduction to basic semiotic ideas and analytical techniques. It shows how semiotics increases the ability to know oneself.

Author : William Downes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521456630

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Language and Society by William Downes Pdf

This book is a clear and reliable introduction to the field of sociolinguistics.