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Sociolinguistics.
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Power (Social sciences)
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1 online resource (ix, 342 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt |
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online resource cr |
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data file |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Introduction -- 1. Language and the Media -- What's distinct about media language? -- Constructions of common sense: the case of rascism -- 'Ethnic' topics -- Lexical and syntactical choices -- Rhetoric -- Broadcast talk -- Radio phone-ins -- Mediatised political language -- Activities -- Readings -- 2. Language and Organisations -- What's language got to do with organisations? -- The languages of social welfare -- Institutional categories and constructions -- Accommodation and resistance -- Conversationalisation -- 'Styling' the Worker |
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Activities -- Readings -- 3. Language and Gender -- Male and Female Interactional Styles -- 'You can be the baby brother, but you aren't born yet': co-operating while competing -- Misunderstanding conflict and social change -- Exploring the Maintainance of Patriachal Power -- 'Father knows best': narrative roles in family dinnertable talk -- Male dominance: rhetoric and violence -- Activities -- Readings -- 4. Language and Youth -- 'Youth culture' and 'power': some questions of definition -- Secrecy, challenge and status -- Creating discursive space -- 'Telling their own stories' |
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Language, education and African American youth -- The ebonics controversy -- Dissin' the standard: language as 'rhetorical resistance' -- Narrating the other -- Parodying racism and subverting racial meanings -- 'Nicing up': white appropriation of black codes -- Crossing playful transgression or power discourse? -- 'Nerdy hyperwhiteness: superstandard English and racial marking -- Activities -- Readings -- 5. Multilingualism, Ethnicity and Identity -- English in the world today -- The language question in Hong Kong -- The unique position of English in the world and the background to it |
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The effects of the dominance of English -- 'English only'? English in the USA -- What is the promotion of English really about? -- The background to the 'English only' lobby -- How threatened is English? -- Language policy and language planning -- The scale of the problem -- Macro and micro approaches -- A case study: Catalan in Catalonia -- The historical background -- The limits of language planning and policy -- The Rambleros and the Trepas: youth, gender and ethnicity in Barcelona -- Activities -- Readings -- Glossary -- Transcription key -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Alt author |
Atkinson, Karen, Dr.
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Atkinson, David (David Jonathan)
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| ISBN |
9780748679386 (electronic bk.) |
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0748679383 (electronic bk.) |
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9781474472999 (electronic bk.) |
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1474472990 (electronic bk.) |
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0748615393 |
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9780748615391 |
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0748615385 (pbk.) |
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9780748615384 (pbk.) |
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