At War with Words (Language, Power, and Social Process) (Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP], 10) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3110176505 ISBN 13: 9783110176506

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2003

Synopsis

As we enter a new era of global conflict involving non-state actors, At War with Words offers a provocative perspective on the role of language in the genesis, conduct and consequence of mass violence. Internationally known contributors provide original data and new insights that illuminate roles of text and talk in creating identities of enemies, justifications for violence, and accompanying propaganda. Incorporating contexts from around the world, this collection's topics range from a radio talk show host's inflammatory rhetoric to the semantic poverty of the lexicon of mass destruction. Edited by a sociolinguist and a political scientist, At War with Words includes chapters by Michael Billig, Paul Chilton, Ruth Wodak and a dozen other prominent linguists and communications scholars.

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Review

"At war with words contains many excellent essays, including important contributions by prominent scholars, but the wide range of material included means that the book will likely be remembered more for its individual parts than for their sum. Taken together, these books lay the foundation for research into questions that, unfortunately, seem more pressing with each passing day."
Kerim Friedman in: Language in Society 4-2005

About the Author

Mirjana N. Dedai? is affiliated with Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.Daniel N. Nelson is Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110176505
• ISBN 13: 9783110176506
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 504
• Editor: Dedaic Mirjana N.