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Debating Diversity: Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance - Hardcover

Blommaert, Jan; Verschueren, Jef

 
9780415191371: Debating Diversity: Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415191378 ISBN 13: 9780415191371
Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

Immigration, racism and nationalism have become hotly debated issues in the Western world. This highly original and controversial work focuses on the language used by the vast majority who regard themselves as being open to a multi-cultural society. Using Belgium as a case study and drawing parallels with the UK, US, Europe and the former Yugoslavia, the authors analyse this language and reveal a remarkable consistency between these liberal voices, such as in news-reporting, and the language used by radical racist and nationalist groups.

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About the Author

Jan Blommaert is Professor of African Linguistics at the University of Ghent, Belgium. Jef Verschueren founded the IPrA (International Pragmatics Association) in 1986 and currently directs its research centre at the University of Antwerp. Both authors have previously collaborated on The Pragmatics of Intercultural and International Communication (1991).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415191378
ISBN 13 
9780415191371
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
252