Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Linguistics - Sociolinguistics

The study of language ideologies has become a key theme in sociolinguistics over the past decade. It is the study of the relationship between representations of language, on the one hand, and broader aesthetic, economic, moral and political concerns, on the other. Research into the particular role played by media discourse in the construction, reproduction and contestation of such ideologies has been widely scattered - this book brings together this emerging field. It considers how, in an era of global communication technologies, the media - by which we understand the press, radio,...

The book presents a discourse analysis of police interrogations involving U.S. Hispanic suspects accused of crimes. The study is unique in that it concentrates on interrogations involving suspects whose first language is not English and police officers who have a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish. The volume examines the pitfalls of using police officers as interpreters at custodial interrogations.

This volume brings together research from different traditions which maps the vast territory of language and communication in the public sphere from a variety of angles, including (critical) discourse analysis, genre theory and media studies. The book is divided into the three broad fields of business, politics and media, ensuring the interdisciplinary nature of the volume. Every contribution provides the state of the art of the respective field as well as most relevant theoretical frameworks, a discussion of methodologies and some empirical examples. The book addresses students and...

Television Dramatic Dialogue examines, from an applied sociolinguistic perspective, and with reference to television, the particular kind of "artificial" talk that we know as dialogue: onscreen/on-mike talk delivered by characters as part of dramatic...

The "native speaker" is often thought of as an ideal language user with "a complete and possibly innate competence in the language" which is perceived as being bounded and fixed to a homogeneous speech community and linked to a nation-state. Despite recent works that challenge its empirical accuracy and theoretical utility, the notion of the "native speaker" is still prevalent today.

The Native Speaker Concept shifts the analytical focus from the second language acquisition processes and teaching practices to daily interactions situated in wider sociocultural...

Television Dramatic Dialogue examines, from an applied sociolinguistic perspective, and with reference to television, the particular kind of "artificial" talk that we know as dialogue: onscreen/on-mike talk delivered by characters as part of...

• A single volume overview of educational linguistics, written by leading specialists in its many relevant fields
• Takes into account the diverse theoretical foundations, core themes, major findings, and practical applications of educational linguistics
• Highlights the multidisciplinary reach...

Diese Einfuhrung in die begrifflichen, theoretischen und wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Grundlagen der Soziolinguistik ist als Arbeitsbuch mit Aufgaben fur Studenten konzipiert. Die aktuellen Methoden und Forschungsparadigmen der Soziolinguistik werden unter Ruckgriff auf ihre wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Wurzeln vorgestellt. In den zentralen Kapiteln 3 und 4 wird der Stand der Forschung zu den sprach-soziologischen Grundbegriffen (Sprachgemeinschaft, Diglossie, Status und Funktion von Sprachen u.a.) und den varietatenlinguistischen Grundlagen (Standard, Dialekt, Soziolekt, Register, Stil...

This book critically addresses the role of language in our collective construction of normal bodies. Addressing a range of concerns linked with visible and invisible, chronic and terminal conditions, the volume probes issues in and around patient and caregiver accounts. Focussing on body conditions associated with breast cancer, Alzheimer s disease, (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy, partial hearing and autism, the book draws on a range of critical theories to contest collectively assembled notions of abnormality, disability and impairments. It also addresses the need for applied sociolinguists...