The Politics Of Linguistics
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Author |
: Frederick J. Newmeyer |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 179 |
Release |
: 1988-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226577227 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226577228 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Linguistics by : Frederick J. Newmeyer
Linguists in the past two centuries have, for the most part, approached language as an autonomous entity; their practice has been to study languages without considering the culture, society, or beliefs of the speakers. "Autonomous linguistics" has been attacked from both the left and the right. Critics on the left (in particular Marxists) argue that the separation of language from its societal context reinforces the status quo by downplaying the role of language as an instrument of ideology and social control. Critics on the right object to the value-free analyses of individual languages required by the autonomous approach and to the idea that all languages merit equal attention. The Politics of Linguistics surveys two centuries of debate over autonomy. The discussion includes the political implications of the birth of the modern field of linguistics in the Romantic movement, the views of Marx and Engels on language, the attack on structural linguistics by both Hitler and Stalin, the role of Christian missionary groups and the military in building the field in the United States, and the relation between Noam Chomsky's linguistic theories and his political views. Frederick J. Newmeyer demonstrates that external political demonstrates that external political currents have often influenced the relative popularity of the autonomous approach to language. He argues that autonomous linguistics, far from being inconsistent with progressive political goals, can be creatively applied to the fulfillment of such goals.
Author |
: Amílcar Antonio Barreto |
Publisher |
: University Press of Florida |
Total Pages |
: 237 |
Release |
: 2018-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813063829 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813063825 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico by : Amílcar Antonio Barreto
"A [book] rich in detail and analysis, which anyone wanting to understand the language debate in Puerto Rico will find essential."--Arlene Davila, Syracuse University This is the first book in English to analyze the controversial language policies passed by the Puerto Rican government in the 1990s. It is also the first to explore the connections between language and cultural identity and politics on the Caribbean island. Shortly after the U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico in 1898, both English and Spanish became official languages of the territory. In 1991, the Puerto Rican government abolished bilingualism, claiming that "Spanish only" was necessary to protect the culture from North American influences. A few years later bilingualism was restored and English was promoted in public schools, with supporters asserting that the dual languages symbolized the island’s commitment to live in harmony with the United States. While the islanders’ sense of ethnic pride was growing, economic dependency enticed them to maintain close ties to the United States. This book shows that officials in both San Juan and Washington, along with English-first groups, used the language laws as weapons in the battle over U.S.-Puerto Rican relations and the volatile debate over statehood. It will be of interest to linguists, political scientists, students of contemporary cultural politics, and political activists in discussions of nationalism in multilingual communities.
Author |
: Jan Blommaert |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9027226717 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789027226716 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Political Linguistics by : Jan Blommaert
As of Volume 9 (1994/95) John Benjamins Publishing Company is the official publisher of the Belgian Journal of Linguistics, the annual publication of the Linguistic Society of Belgium. Each volume is topical and includes selected papers from the international meetings organised by the LSB. After a programmatic introduction by Jan Blommaert, three sections can be discerned in this volume. The first section, with papers by van Dijk, Cushing, Wilson, Fairclough & Mauranen, Jucker and Gruber, concerns itself with the definition of political discourse, with particular linguistic aspects such as non-modal meaning, persuasive tactics or metalinguistic negation, and with recent trends of political discourse such as conversationalisation. The paper by Gruber on media coverage of right-wing extremism leads the way to the second section in which the media and political discourse on foreigners such as migrants and refugees is analysed (Kuusisto & Östman; Horvat, Verschueren & Zagar). Finally, the third section could be broadly labelled as concerned with 'self- and other-representation', with papers on intercultural discouse, gender, institutional discourse, varieties of English and political correctness (resp. Shi-xu, Rojo, Slembrouck & Sarangi, Begum & Kandiah, Janicki).
Author |
: Nils Ringe |
Publisher |
: University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages |
: 286 |
Release |
: 2022-01-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780472902736 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0472902733 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Language(s) of Politics by : Nils Ringe
Multilingualism is an ever-present feature in political contexts around the world, including multilingual states and international organizations. Increasingly, consequential political decisions are negotiated between politicians who do not share a common native language. Nils Ringe uses the European Union to investigate how politicians’ reliance on shared foreign languages and translation services affects politics and policy-making. Ringe's research illustrates how multilingualism is an inherent and consequential feature of EU politics—that it depoliticizes policy-making by reducing its political nature and potential for conflict. An atmosphere with both foreign language use and a reliance on translation leads to communication that is simple, utilitarian, neutralized, and involves commonly shared phrases and expressions. Policymakers tend to disregard politically charged language and they are constrained in their ability to use vague or ambiguous language to gloss over disagreements by the need for consistency across languages.
Author |
: Ronald D. Rotunda |
Publisher |
: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages |
: 202 |
Release |
: 1986 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015011341917 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Language by : Ronald D. Rotunda
Author |
: John E. Joseph |
Publisher |
: Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2006-06-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780748626977 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0748626972 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Language and Politics by : John E. Joseph
Language, this book argues, is political from top to bottom, whether considered at the level of an individual speaker's choice of language or style of discourse with others (where interpersonal politics are performed), or at the level of political rhetoric, or indeed all the way up to the formation of national languages. By bringing together this set of topics and highlighting how they are interrelated, the book will function well as a textbook on any applied or sociolinguistic course in which some or all of these various aspects of the politics of language are covered.
Author |
: Christina Späti |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 2015-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781782389439 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1782389431 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Language and Identity Politics by : Christina Späti
In an increasingly multicultural world, the relationship between language and identity remains a complicated and often fraught subject for most societies. The growing political salience of questions relating to language is evident not only in the expanded implementation of new policies and legislation, but also in heated public debates about national unity, collective identities, and the rights of linguistic minorities. By taking a comprehensive approach that considers both the inclusive and exclusive dimensions of linguistic identity across Europe and North America, the studies assembled here provide a sophisticated look at one of the global era’s defining political dynamics.
Author |
: Noam Chomsky |
Publisher |
: AK Press |
Total Pages |
: 838 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1902593820 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781902593821 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Language and Politics by : Noam Chomsky
An indispensable guide through the work of the world's most influential living intellectual.
Author |
: T. Kamusella |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 1167 |
Release |
: 2008-12-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230583474 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230583474 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe by : T. Kamusella
This work focuses on the ideological intertwining between Czech, Magyar, Polish and Slovak, and the corresponding nationalisms steeped in these languages. The analysis is set against the earlier political and ideological history of these languages, and the panorama of the emergence and political uses of other languages of the region.
Author |
: Clare Mar-Molinero |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 251 |
Release |
: 2002-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134730704 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134730705 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking World by : Clare Mar-Molinero
This book traces how and why Spanish has arrived at its current position, examining its role in the diverse societies where it is spoken from Europe to the Americas.