How We Talk about Language: Exploring Citizen Sociolinguistics

ISBN-13: 9781108488310 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 250 str.

Betsy Rymes

Opis

With examples of conversation, this book is a lively account of social and intellectual import of everyday talk about language.

Recenzje

'This is an extremely useful call to think new and to try to go to the roots of how to democratise our understandings of how we talk about language from a participatory, dialoguing and non-authoritative sociolinguistics perspective. Indeed, an invitation worth considering, for anyone to become not only a citizen but a citizen sociolinguist actor.' Maria Sabaté-Dalmau, Language in Society

Spis treści

Introduction: How We Talk About Language: Citizen Sociolinguistics and its Study; 1. Citizen's arrest: the 'citizen' and sociolinguistic expertise; 2. Wonderment: the spark that starts talk about language; 3. Doing citizen sociolinguistics: the medium is the method; 4. Fomenting arrest and wonderment: citizen sociolinguistic feedback loops; 5. Citizen sociolinguistics and narrative; 6. Acts of citizen sociolinguistics; Conclusion: why we must talk about language.