Language Ideologies: Practice and Theory (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics): 16 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195105621 ISBN 13: 9780195105629

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1998

Synopsis

"Language ideologies" refers to the representation, whether explicit or implicit, of the intersection of language and human beings in a social world. This collection of essays examines definitions and conceptions of language in a wide range of settings, focusing on how such defining activity organizes individuals, institutions, and the relationships between them. The contributors look at language and its role in such fundamental social institutions as religious ritual, child socialization, gender relations, the nation-state, schooling and the law, and in doing so, link language to larger issues of identity, aesthetics, morality, and epistemology. This will be the first collection of work in this rapidly growing field.

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About the Author

Bambi B. Schieffelin is Professor of Anthropology at New York University. Kathryn A. Woolard teaches at the University of California at San Diego, where she is a Professor of Linguistics. Paul Kroskrity is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195105621
• ISBN 13: 9780195105629
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Schieffelin Bambi B.