Language and power in the modern world. ([2019?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary Talbot, Karen Atkinson and David Atkinson.
• Authors: Atkinson, David (David Jonathan)
• Other Names: Talbot, Mary; Dr, Atkinson, Karen
• Contents: 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
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 342 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.44; Sociolinguistics; Power (Social sciences); LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General; Power (Social sciences); Sociolinguistics; Sociolinguïstiek; Machtsverhoudingen; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474472999; 1474472990
• Related ISBNs: 9780748615391; 0748615393; 9780748615384; 0748615385
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-336) and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.