Towards a typology of discourse-based approaches to language attitudes. (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rodgers, Elena
• Is Part Of: Language & communication. Volume 56(2017:Sep.)
• Page Start: 82
• Page End: 94
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: Metalanguage -- Discourse analysis -- Language attitudes -- Methods -- Typology; Communication -- Periodicals; Linguistics -- Periodicals; Communication -- Periodicals; Linguistics -- Periodicals; Communication -- Périodiques; Linguistique -- Périodiques; Communication; Linguistics; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 405
• DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2017.04.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0271-5309

Abstract

Abstract: This paper reviews discourse-based approaches to language attitudes in terms of their contributions to understanding the creation of socio-indexical meaning in metalinguistic discourse. It proposes a five-level typology of approaches which includes topic-oriented, linguistic, cognitive, interactional, and rhetorical analyses. The article discusses the ways in which different types of analyses expose various aspects of social-semiotic and meta-semiotic processes involved in constructions of sociolinguistic indexical relations in the local interactional and larger contextual frames. The paper argues in favor of integrated discourse-based approaches and illustrates the potential of a rhetorical approach to serve as a unifying framework for blending analytical levels. Highlights: Proposes a five-level typology of discourse-based approaches to language attitudes. Reviews topic-oriented, linguistic, cognitive, interactional, and rhetorical analyses. Discusses differences in analyses of social-semiotic and meta-semiotic processes. Argues for integrated multi-level discourse-based approaches to language attitudes. Illustrates a rhetorical approach as a unifying framework for integrating analyses.