Language, society and power: an introduction
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| adam_text | Language,
Society
and Power
An introduction
Edited by Linda Thomas
and Shan Wareing
iffife
LONDON AND NEW YORK
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X KM
Contents
LOJ
List of illustrations xii
Newspapers xiii
Notes on contributors xiv
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xix
1 What is language and what does
it do? l
Shan Wareing
1 1 Introduction 2
1 2 Why study language? 2
1 3 What is language? 5
131 Language: a system 6
132 Language: the potential to create new meanings 7
133 Language: multiple functions 8
134 Language diversity 9
1 4 Power and society 10
1 5 Summary 14
2 Language,thought and
representation 17
Ishtla Singh
2 1 Introduction 18
2 2 Saussure s theories of the Sign 18
221 Langue and parole 19
222 The linguistic sign 21
223 The arbitrary division of reality 23
2 3 The Sapir-Wborf Hypothesis 24
2 4 One language: many worlds 28
2 5 Summary 30
VII
CONTENTS
3 Language and politics 31
Jason Jones and Shan Wareing
3 1 Introduction 32
3 2 What is meant by politics? 32
3 3 Politics and ideology 33
331 Implicature 35
332 Language as thought control: Newspeak and political correctness 36
3 4 The language of deception 38
3 5 The language of persuasion (rhetoric) 41
351 Figures of speech 42
352 The three-part statement 44
353 The rhetorical use of pronouns 45
3 6 Summary 46
4 Language and the media 49
Joanna Thornborrow
4 1 Introduction 50
4 2 The function of the media 50
4 3 Media, language and power 52
4 4 Commonsense discourses 56
441 The power to change? 57
4 5 Media voices: accent and register 58
451 Variation in register 59
4 6 Public participation in the media 61
4 7 Summary 63
5 Language and gender 65
Shan Wareing
5 1 Introduction 66
5 2 How is English sexist? 67
521 Symmetry and asymmetry 67
522 Unmarked and marked terms 69
523 Semantic derogation 70
524 Sexism in discourse 71
525 Insults and obscenities 73
526 Sexism against men? 74
5 3 Do men and women talk differently? 75
531 How much talk? 76
532 Turn construction and interruption 76
533 Back channel support 77
534 Mitigated and aggravated forms 77
535 Topic development 78
VIII
CONTENTS
5 4 Possible explanations 79
541 Dominance 79
542 Difference 79
543 Analysis of gender 80
5 5 Summary 81
6 Language and ethnicity 83
Ishtla Singh
6 1 Introduction 84
6 2 Defining ethnicity * 84
6 3 The language of prejudice 86
631 Markedness and us and them 87
632 Negative labelling 88
6 4 Language use as a marker of ethnic identity 91
641 Ebonics 92
642 Languages other than English 94
6 5 Summary 96
7 Language and age 99
Jean Stilwell Peccei
7 1 Introduction: what has age got to do with language? 100
7 2 How can a language reflect the status of children and
older people? 103
721 Age as an important cultural category 103
722 Labelling age groups 104
723 Talking about age groups: underlying evaluations of early
childhood and old age 105
73 Talking to young children and the elderly 108
731 Language characteristics of the under-5s and over-65s 108
732 Child Directed Language 110
733 Similarities between Child Directed Language and Elder Directed
Language 111
734 Why might these similarities occur? I l l
7 4 Conclusion 113
7 5 Summary 114
8 Language and class in
Jason Jones
8 1 Introduction 118
8 2 Linguistic variation and social class 118
821 Accent and dialect: regional and social variation 118
822 Accent and dialect: a clue to social information 120
IX
CONTENTS
8 3 Does social class really affect language? 122
8 4 The problem of defining social class 124
8 5 Research into the relationship between language and social class 128
851 William Labov: the social stratification of r in New York City
department stores 128
852 Peter Trudgill: the social differentiation of English in Norwich 130
8 6 Summary 132
9 Language and identity 135
Joanna Thornborrow
9 1 Introduction 136
9 2 What do we mean by linguistic identity? 136
9 3 Language and the construction of personal identities 138
931 Names and naming practices 138
932 Systems of address 140
9 4 Language and the construction of group identities 142
941 Identity and representation 142
942 Ingroups and outgroups 143
9 5 Linguistic variation and the construction of identity 146
951 Stylistic variation and language choice 146
952 Power and linguistic imperialism 147
9 6 Summary 149
10 The standard English debate 151
Linda Thomas
10 1 Introduction 152
10 2 What is standard English? 152
10 2 1 Beginning a definition 152
10 2 2 Standard English, history and society 155
10 3 The linguistic definition of standard English 157
10 3 1 Linguistic variation 157
10 3 2 Logic and correctness 160
10 3 3 So what is standard English? 163
10 4 Standard English and education 164
10 4 1 Standard English in the school 164
10 4 2 Standard English and social equality 166
10 5 Summary 170
CONTENTS
11 Attitudes to language 173
Linda Thomas
11 1 Introduction 174
11 2 The evidence 174
11 2 1 Whole languages 174
11 2 2 Varieties of a language 177
11 2 3 Words and interaction 179
11 2 4 Pronunciation and accent 182
1L3 The effects 185
11 4 Summary 187
Glossary 189
References 199
Index 205
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