An introduction to linguistics in which sense, cultural diversity, education, literacy and ideology are crucial concerns. The way linguistic traits are developed in social contexts and institutions is examined and linked to v
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85000-829-3 (9781850008293)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 Background: ideology and theory - the moral basis of discourse analysis; literacy - from Plato to Freire; background to the 'New Literacy Studies'. Part 2 Introduction to a social linguistics: language and meaning - humans as choosers and guessers; discourses and society - language caught up in the social world. Part 3 A theory of discourses: discourses and literacies - two theorums; individuals, acts, and discourses - humans in the act of making and being made by their discourses.
