Language and Power
Published on 3. January 2022
Book
Hardback
466 pages
978-1-64802-757-4 (ISBN)
Description
The International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) introduces its second volume in the series Readings in Language Studies with Language and Power, a text that represents international perspectives on power and bilingualism, identity in professions, media, the learner, and pedagogy. Founded in 2002, ISLS is a world-wide organization of volunteers, scholars and practitioners committed to critical, interdisciplinary, and emergent approaches to language studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
860 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64802-757-4 (9781648027574)
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Content
Introduction.
Section I. Language And Power In Bilingualism.
Chapter 1. Powerless in Policy, Powerful in Practice: Critical Insights on Pedagogical Code Switching in the Philippine Context; Paolo Nino M. Valdez.
Chapter 2. Empowering Spanish/English Speakers in the United States: Reclaiming Their Bilingualism; N. Ariana Mrak.
Chapter 3. The Power of Powerless Linguistic Particles: Their Pragmatic Impact on Bilingual Hearings; Marjorie Zambrano-Paff.
Chapter 4. Language and Power in Healthcare: Towards a Theory of Language Barriers Among Linguistic Minorities in the United States; Glenn A. Marti-nez.
Chapter 5. Establishing and Preventing Forks in the Road: Exploring Bilingual Education Programs for Indigenous Communities in Ecuador; Miguel Mantero & Lorena Alvear.
Chapter 6. Describing and Perceiving Sexual Orientation Based on Linguistic Cues: At the Crossroads of Bilingualism and Language Acquisition; John W. Schwieter.
Section II. Language, Power, And Identity In Professions.
Chapter 7. Myths, Memories and Chasing Stories: Exploring Professional Identity in the Narratives of University Language Teachers; Christine Savvidou.
Chapter 8. Resisting Globalisation: Empowering Mexican English-Language Teachers; Gerrard Mugford.
Chapter 9. Language and Power Issues in HIV/AIDS: Some Evidence, Challenges and Solutions From South African Research; Claire Penn.
Section III. Language And Power In Media.
Chapter 10. Identity and Power in Online Communities of Practice: Working in the Extreme Margins of a Celebrity Gossip Blogsite; Brian Meadows & Linda Waugh.
Chapter 11. Power, Emotions and Agency in Political Discourse; Antonio Reyes.
Chapter 12. Discourse Practices of De-Humanization in the Representation of Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S. Press; Roxana Delbene.
Chapter 14. Discourse, Power and Identity; Meral Cileli.
Section IV. Language, Power, And The Learner.
Chapter 15. Liberal Education, the Educated Person and Foreign Language Study: Revisiting an Ideal; Timothy Reagan.
Chapter 16. Venturing Into/Through Language and Power: Japanese Women and English as Capital; Aya Kitamura.
Chapter 17. Linguistic Ideologies, Power and Identity in the University Italian Language Classroom and Beyond: Italian Canadian Youths' Discursive Construction of Italianness; Frances Giampapa.
Chapter 18. Discovering Self Preferences and Interculturality: Japanese Host Families and Korean Learners of Japanese in Dinnertime Conversations; Erica Zimmerman.
Section V. Language, Power, And Pedagogy.
Chapter 19. Proposing Compulsory Study Abroad and Language Learning in Elementary Through University Education: Resisting Abstraction in the Dialogic Space Abroad; Jason Goulah.
Chapter 20. Flexible Citizenship and Learning English: The Case of a Korean ESL Learner; Peter I. De Costa.
Chapter 21. Discourse and Literacy Practices at a Bilingual University in Turkey; Alev Ozbilgin.
Chapter 22. Language Attitudes and Accentedness: A Study of Kurds Learning Turkish; Nihat Polat.
Chapter 23. Do Pronunciation Preferences Have the Power to Motivate? Examining Non-English Major Japanese University Students' Perceptions of English Accents; Brian G. Rubrecht.
Chapter 24. The Influence of the Second Language Methods Course in Learning to Teach Culture: Towards the Development of a Teaching Philosophy; David R. Byrd.
Index.
About the Contributors.
Section I. Language And Power In Bilingualism.
Chapter 1. Powerless in Policy, Powerful in Practice: Critical Insights on Pedagogical Code Switching in the Philippine Context; Paolo Nino M. Valdez.
Chapter 2. Empowering Spanish/English Speakers in the United States: Reclaiming Their Bilingualism; N. Ariana Mrak.
Chapter 3. The Power of Powerless Linguistic Particles: Their Pragmatic Impact on Bilingual Hearings; Marjorie Zambrano-Paff.
Chapter 4. Language and Power in Healthcare: Towards a Theory of Language Barriers Among Linguistic Minorities in the United States; Glenn A. Marti-nez.
Chapter 5. Establishing and Preventing Forks in the Road: Exploring Bilingual Education Programs for Indigenous Communities in Ecuador; Miguel Mantero & Lorena Alvear.
Chapter 6. Describing and Perceiving Sexual Orientation Based on Linguistic Cues: At the Crossroads of Bilingualism and Language Acquisition; John W. Schwieter.
Section II. Language, Power, And Identity In Professions.
Chapter 7. Myths, Memories and Chasing Stories: Exploring Professional Identity in the Narratives of University Language Teachers; Christine Savvidou.
Chapter 8. Resisting Globalisation: Empowering Mexican English-Language Teachers; Gerrard Mugford.
Chapter 9. Language and Power Issues in HIV/AIDS: Some Evidence, Challenges and Solutions From South African Research; Claire Penn.
Section III. Language And Power In Media.
Chapter 10. Identity and Power in Online Communities of Practice: Working in the Extreme Margins of a Celebrity Gossip Blogsite; Brian Meadows & Linda Waugh.
Chapter 11. Power, Emotions and Agency in Political Discourse; Antonio Reyes.
Chapter 12. Discourse Practices of De-Humanization in the Representation of Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S. Press; Roxana Delbene.
Chapter 14. Discourse, Power and Identity; Meral Cileli.
Section IV. Language, Power, And The Learner.
Chapter 15. Liberal Education, the Educated Person and Foreign Language Study: Revisiting an Ideal; Timothy Reagan.
Chapter 16. Venturing Into/Through Language and Power: Japanese Women and English as Capital; Aya Kitamura.
Chapter 17. Linguistic Ideologies, Power and Identity in the University Italian Language Classroom and Beyond: Italian Canadian Youths' Discursive Construction of Italianness; Frances Giampapa.
Chapter 18. Discovering Self Preferences and Interculturality: Japanese Host Families and Korean Learners of Japanese in Dinnertime Conversations; Erica Zimmerman.
Section V. Language, Power, And Pedagogy.
Chapter 19. Proposing Compulsory Study Abroad and Language Learning in Elementary Through University Education: Resisting Abstraction in the Dialogic Space Abroad; Jason Goulah.
Chapter 20. Flexible Citizenship and Learning English: The Case of a Korean ESL Learner; Peter I. De Costa.
Chapter 21. Discourse and Literacy Practices at a Bilingual University in Turkey; Alev Ozbilgin.
Chapter 22. Language Attitudes and Accentedness: A Study of Kurds Learning Turkish; Nihat Polat.
Chapter 23. Do Pronunciation Preferences Have the Power to Motivate? Examining Non-English Major Japanese University Students' Perceptions of English Accents; Brian G. Rubrecht.
Chapter 24. The Influence of the Second Language Methods Course in Learning to Teach Culture: Towards the Development of a Teaching Philosophy; David R. Byrd.
Index.
About the Contributors.