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John E. Joseph - Language and Politics, Inbunden

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Language and Politics

Av John E. Joseph

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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. The chapter headings include:*How politics permeates language (and vice-versa)*Language and nation*The social politics of language choice and linguistic correctness*Politics embedded in language *Taboo language and its restriction*Rhetoric, propaganda and interpretation*Power, hegemony and choices
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John E. Joseph is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and currently holds a three-year Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust. His previous book, Language and Identity (2004) has found a wide readership among sociologists, political scientists, historians, anthropologists and others besides linguists, many of whom will want to read his Language and Politics as its successor and complement.

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Joseph provides a sweeping yet succinct analysis of key issues in the politics of language and the language of politics. What is impressive about this book is his synthesis of a wide range of topics, many of them based in disparate analytical traditions. Better yet, Joseph writes in a clear and engaging – often humorous – style, perhaps itself a very intentional political choice. I believe it is an effective one, and I highly recommend this book.

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