Social Linguistics and Literacies
Ideology in Discourses
Published on 12. February 1991
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-85000-829-3 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85000-829-3 (9781850008293)
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Content
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.