
Social Theory and Language
The Construction of Meaning
Glyn Williams(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. April 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-367-53111-9 (ISBN)
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This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the historical developments underpinning our present understandings of the relationship between language and the social by integrating the study of language with key strands of sociological theory.//
The book posits that theory conditions how objects are constructed and in turn the meanings allocated to them and explores the implications for the relationship between language and the social. The volume traces this relationship from its foundations in the work of Enlightenment philosophers, in which sociology and linguistics emerged as coherent disciplines. Taking this work as a point of departure, the book examines the unfolding of the interplay between language and the social across developments in sociological theory in subsequent eras, encompassing such strands as Marxism, functionalism, interactionism, anti-foundationalism, poststructuralism, critical theory, and critical realism. A final chapter turns its eye toward contemporary sociolinguistics and its treatment of different sociological perspectives and future directions for its continued development. //
Reflecting on trajectories in sociological theory toward informing our understanding of the relationship between language and the social today, this book will be key reading for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, philosophy of language, and those working in sociology and geography with an interest in language issues.
The book posits that theory conditions how objects are constructed and in turn the meanings allocated to them and explores the implications for the relationship between language and the social. The volume traces this relationship from its foundations in the work of Enlightenment philosophers, in which sociology and linguistics emerged as coherent disciplines. Taking this work as a point of departure, the book examines the unfolding of the interplay between language and the social across developments in sociological theory in subsequent eras, encompassing such strands as Marxism, functionalism, interactionism, anti-foundationalism, poststructuralism, critical theory, and critical realism. A final chapter turns its eye toward contemporary sociolinguistics and its treatment of different sociological perspectives and future directions for its continued development. //
Reflecting on trajectories in sociological theory toward informing our understanding of the relationship between language and the social today, this book will be key reading for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, philosophy of language, and those working in sociology and geography with an interest in language issues.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-53111-9 (9780367531119)
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Glyn Williams has authored or co-authored fourteen books, including Sociolinguistics: A Sociological Critique (1992) and French Discourse Analysis: The Method of Poststructuralism (1999).
Content
Preface ............................................................................................................. i
CHAPTER 1: THEORY AS METADISCOURSE ................................................. 1
CHAPTER 2: EARLY SOCIAL SCIENCE ............................................................ 28
CHAPTER 3: MARXISM AND LANGUAGE ..................................................... 51
CHAPTER 4: FUNCTIONALISM AND LANGUAGE ......................................... 71
CHAPTER 5: INERACTIONISM AND LANGUAGE .......................................... 84
CHAPTER 6: ANTI-FUNDATIONALISM ..........................................................109
CHAPTER 7: POST-STRUCTURALISM .............................................................126
CHAPTER 8: CRITICAL SOCIAL THEORY .........................................................154
CHAPTER 9: CRITICAL REALISM AND DISCOURSE .......................................179
CHAPTER 10: SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND SOCIAL THEORY ........................... 206
BIBLIOGRAPHY: ...............................................................................................232
CHAPTER 1: THEORY AS METADISCOURSE ................................................. 1
CHAPTER 2: EARLY SOCIAL SCIENCE ............................................................ 28
CHAPTER 3: MARXISM AND LANGUAGE ..................................................... 51
CHAPTER 4: FUNCTIONALISM AND LANGUAGE ......................................... 71
CHAPTER 5: INERACTIONISM AND LANGUAGE .......................................... 84
CHAPTER 6: ANTI-FUNDATIONALISM ..........................................................109
CHAPTER 7: POST-STRUCTURALISM .............................................................126
CHAPTER 8: CRITICAL SOCIAL THEORY .........................................................154
CHAPTER 9: CRITICAL REALISM AND DISCOURSE .......................................179
CHAPTER 10: SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND SOCIAL THEORY ........................... 206
BIBLIOGRAPHY: ...............................................................................................232