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"Language ideologies" refers to the representation, whether explicit or implicit, of the intersection of language and human beings in a social world. This collection of essays examines definitions and conceptions of language in a wide range of settings, focusing on how such defining activity organizes individuals, institutions, and the relationships between them. The contributors look at language and its role in such fundamental social institutions as religious ritual, child socialization, gender relations, the nation-state, schooling and the law, and in doing so, link language to larger issues of identity, aesthetics, morality, and epistemology. This will be the first collection of work in this rapidly growing field.
Sommario
- 1: Kathryn Woolard: Introduction: Language Ideology as a Field of Inquiry
- 2: Judith Irvine, Brandeis University: Ideologies of Honorific Language
- 3: Jane H. Hill, U. of Arizona: "Today there is no respect": Nostalgia, "respect," and oppositional discourse in Mexicano (Nahuatl) language ideology
- 4: Don Kulick, Sweden: Anger, gender language shift and the politics of Revelation in Papua New Guinean Village
- 5: Paul Kroskrity: Arizona Tewa Kiva speech as a manifestation of a dominant language ideology
- 6: Michael Silverstein, U. of Chicago: The uses and utility of ideology: Some reflections
- 7: Elizabeth Mertz, Northwestern School of Law: Linguistic ideology and praxis in US las school classrooms
- 8: Debroa Spitulnik, Emory University: Mediating unity and diversity: the production of language ideologies in Zambian broadcasting
- 9: Jan Blommaert, U. of Ghent, Netherlands, and Jef Verschueren, U. of UC San Diego: The role of language in European nationalist ideologies
- 10: Susan Philips, U. of Arizona: Language ideologies in institutions of power: A commentary
- 11: Charles Briggs, UC San Diego: "You're a Liar--you're just like a woman!": Constructing dominant ideologies of language in Warao men's gossip
- 12: James Collins, SUNY Albany: Our ideologies and theirs
- 13: Joseph Errington, Yale University: Indonesian('s) development: On the state of a language of state
- 14: Bambi Schieffelin and Rachelle Charlier Doucet, New York University: The "real" Haitian creole; Ideology, metalinguistics, and orthographic choice
- 15: Susan Gal, U. of Chicago: Multiplicity and contention among language ideologies: A Comment
Info autore
Bambi B. Schieffelin is Professor of Anthropology at New York University.
Kathryn A. Woolard teaches at the University of California at San Diego, where she is a Professor of Linguistics.
Paul Kroskrity is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Riassunto
"Language ideologies" refers to the representation (explicit or implicit) of the intersection of language and human beings in a social world. These essays examine definitions and conceptions of language focusing on how such activity organizes individuals, institutions and their interrelationships.
Testo aggiuntivo
it offers a valuable discussion of the various definitions and uses of 'ideology' and is very instructive indeed.
