Language and Power in the Modern World - Softcover

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<div><div><p><i><b>An accessible overview of five major issues in sociolinguistics and the relationship between language and power</b></i><br><br> This book analyzes the key ways in which language constitutes and conveys power and social relationships in modern society. It offers selected readings that illustrate the thematic introductions and a set of tasks designed to guide linguistic analysis of data and to stimulate student discussion, in five specific areas:</p><p>&#8226; Multilingualism, Identity, and Ethnicity: examines the phenomena of linguistic diversity from the perspective of language planning and language policies, with emphasis on personal, psychological, educational, cultural, and political issues.</p><p>&#8226; Language and Youth: examines the languages of old age and the language of youth subcultures.</p><p>&#8226; Language and Gender: explores the claim that men and women use interactional communication styles based on power and solidarity, respectively.</p><p>&#8226; Language and the Media: considers the extent to which verbal interaction through mass media differs from other kinds of communication and its consequences in terms of power relations.</p><p>&#8226; Language and Organizations: explores the use of language as a tool of power in public institutions and bureaucracies and how control over individuals is articulated through a range of different discourse structures and strategies.</p><p>With a unique combination of selected readings and student-centered tasks in a single volume, <i>Language and Power in the Modern World</i> covers contemporary issues of communication theory and sociolinguistics, ranging from the global to the interpersonal.</p></div></div>

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