Just about everyone seems to have views about language. Language attitudes and language ideologies permeate our daily lives. Our competence, intelligence, friendliness, trustworthiness, social status, group memberships, and so on, are often judged from the way we communicate. Even the speed at which we speak can evoke reactions. And we often try to anticipate such judgements as we communicate. In this lively introduction, Peter Garrett draws upon research carried out over recent decades in order to discuss such attitudes and the implications they have for our use of language, for social...
Just about everyone seems to have views about language. Language attitudes and language ideologies permeate our daily lives. Our competence, intellige...
The Routledge Handbook of Language Awareness is the first comprehensive overview of the field of language awareness, comprising engaging and up-to-date reviews of both established and innovative themes written and edited by experts in the field. The handbook is divided into three parts that aim at reflecting three different perspectives of the field of language awareness: language teaching and teachers, language learning and learners, and areas less directly concerned with language instruction. This is the ideal resource for graduate students and researchers working in the areas...
The Routledge Handbook of Language Awareness is the first comprehensive overview of the field of language awareness, comprising engaging a...
