Language of Money Proverbs and Practices

Through a detailed examination of proverbs related to money, this book offers a comprehensive critique of the prevailing everyday ideologies and discourses on money and paves the way toward establishing a new set of proverbs more conducive to financial equality and human well-being. The volume explores a variety of contexts to demonstrate the different aspects of the money system and the linguistic and social structures embedded within them, including pay day loan websites, gambling, get rich self-help books, and new forms of currency. Unpacking this complex relationship between people, money, and language in contemporary society, this book is an ideal resource for students and scholars in language and communication, sociolinguistics, rhetoric, sociology, and media studies.

About the author

Annabelle Mooney is Professor of Language and Society at the University of Roehampton. Other publications include Human Rights and the Body: Hidden in Plain Sight, The Language of Money and Debt: A multidisciplinary approach and Language, Society and Power.

Summary

Through a detailed examination of proverbs related to money, this book offers a comprehensive critique of the prevailing everyday ideologies and discourses on money and paves the way toward establishing a new set of proverbs more conducive to financial equality and human well-being.

Product details

• Authors: Annabelle Mooney, Annabelle (Roehampton University Mooney, Mooney Annabelle, Annabelle (Leicester University Mooney
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.08.2020
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures
• EAN: 9780367591090
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59109-0
• Pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Research in Language and Communication
• Subjects: Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Rich Dad, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Communication Studies, Monetary Economics, Animal Kingdom, Nexus analysis, Prosperity theology, British National Corpus, Cross Bar, grammatical metaphor, payday lending language, language and money social structures, gambling communication studies, financial ideologies critique, economic rhetoric research, discourse analysis money, sociolinguistics of finance, UK National Lottery, Lottery Play, financial inequality, HSBC Advertisement, Brixton Pound, Today NATO, Art Money, Community Currency, HSBC Campaign, Van Leeuwen’s Work, Instant Lottery, Totnes Pound, Current Social Contract, Rich Books