
Language and Canadian Media
Representations, Ideologies, Policies
Rachelle Vessey(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 13. May 2016
Book
Hardback
XIV, 281 pages
978-1-137-53000-4 (ISBN)
Description
Language Ideologies and Canadian Media
explores how French and English Canadian media discuss languages and language issues, which language ideologies predominate in English and French, and whether language ideologies in traditional news media are transferred to new and social media.
Using corpus linguistics and discourse analysis and a variety of different datasets ranging from print newspapers to online news, commentary and Twitter, the author argues that language ideologies in Canadian media have a bearing not only on the extent to which Canadian language policies are adopted, but also on the very way that Canadians understand themselves and their place in the nation.
Using corpus linguistics and discourse analysis and a variety of different datasets ranging from print newspapers to online news, commentary and Twitter, the author argues that language ideologies in Canadian media have a bearing not only on the extent to which Canadian language policies are adopted, but also on the very way that Canadians understand themselves and their place in the nation.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a thoroughly scholarly book, well researched with sources that are diverse and comprehensive, a treasure trove that will be invaluable for researchers and general audiences alike." (Saira Fitzgerald, Language Problems and Language Planning, Issue 2, 2019)More details
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 farbige Abbildung
XIV, 281 p. 1 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
498 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-53000-4 (9781137530004)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-53001-1
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Dr Rachelle Vessey is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University (UK) and has published her work on language ideologies in Canadian media in a range of academic journals, including
Multilingua
,
Corpora, Language and Politics, Discourse & Society
, and J
ournal of Multicultural Discourses
.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction. -Chapter 2: The media in Canada. -Chapter 3: Approaches to language ideology. -Chapter 4: Language ideologies in Canadian print newspapers. -Chapter 5: Language ideologies in online news and commentary: The case of the Vancouver Olympics. -Chapter 6: Language ideologies and Twitter in Canada. -Chapter 7: Language ideologies in online news, commentary, and Twitter: The case of "Pastagate". -Chapter 8: Conclusions. -References.