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Language and power in the modern world

Talbot, Mary.

Language and power in the modern world

Talbot, Mary.

9780748679386

9781474472999

Talbot, Mary.

1 online resource (ix, 342 pages) : illustrations

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Introduction -- 1. Language and the Media -- What's distinct about media language? -- Constructions of common sense: the case of rascism -- 'Ethnic' topics -- Lexical and syntactical choices -- Rhetoric -- Broadcast talk -- Radio phone-ins -- Mediatised political language -- Activities -- Readings -- 2. Language and Organisations -- What's language got to do with organisations? -- The languages of social welfare -- Institutional categories and constructions -- Accommodation and resistance -- Conversationalisation -- 'Styling' the Worker

Activities -- Readings -- 3. Language and Gender -- Male and Female Interactional Styles -- 'You can be the baby brother, but you aren't born yet': co-operating while competing -- Misunderstanding conflict and social change -- Exploring the Maintainance of Patriachal Power -- 'Father knows best': narrative roles in family dinnertable talk -- Male dominance: rhetoric and violence -- Activities -- Readings -- 4. Language and Youth -- 'Youth culture' and 'power': some questions of definition -- Secrecy, challenge and status -- Creating discursive space -- 'Telling their own stories'

Language, education and African American youth -- The ebonics controversy -- Dissin' the standard: language as 'rhetorical resistance' -- Narrating the other -- Parodying racism and subverting racial meanings -- 'Nicing up': white appropriation of black codes -- Crossing playful transgression or power discourse? -- 'Nerdy hyperwhiteness: superstandard English and racial marking -- Activities -- Readings -- 5. Multilingualism, Ethnicity and Identity -- English in the world today -- The language question in Hong Kong -- The unique position of English in the world and the background to it

The effects of the dominance of English -- 'English only'? English in the USA -- What is the promotion of English really about? -- The background to the 'English only' lobby -- How threatened is English? -- Language policy and language planning -- The scale of the problem -- Macro and micro approaches -- A case study: Catalan in Catalonia -- The historical background -- The limits of language planning and policy -- The Rambleros and the Trepas: youth, gender and ethnicity in Barcelona -- Activities -- Readings -- Glossary -- Transcription key -- Bibliography -- Index

With a unique combination of selected readings and student-centred tasks in a single volume, the book covers contemporary issues in language and power, ranging from the global to the interpersonal. Each area - and each reading chosen to explore it - is substantially contextualised and discussed through a detailed introduction and then followed up with related activities. Each section comprises: a substantial, specific introduction which draws students' attention to key themes and issues relevant to its topic; a set of four or five selected readings which encourages students to locate critically these issues in context; a task, or set of tasks, obliging students to undertake 'hands-on' linguistic analysis of data and engage in more sophisticated discussion of pertinent issues. In-depth exploration of a variety of approaches to the study of language and power Unique combination of advanced readings, student-centred tasks and editorial guidance Hands-on activities at the end of each chapter

Sociolinguistics.

Power (Social sciences)

Sociolinguistique.

Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.

Power (Social sciences) (OCoLC)fst01074219

Sociolinguistics. (OCoLC)fst01123847

Sociolinguïstiek.

Machtsverhoudingen.

Atkinson, Karen, Dr.

Atkinson, David (David Jonathan)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1r24nd