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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Frank van SplunderPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.222kg ISBN: 9780367365424ISBN 10: 0367365421 Pages: 150 Publication Date: 03 December 2019 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents Part One Language is Politics The Language Myth The Origin of Language Imagined Communities Language as a Construction The Pecking Order of Languages The Power of English Language and War Life and Death of Languages Towards an Ecological Approach to Language Part Two Personal Language Histories Aim and Scope Asia Africa Oceania Latin America Europe Acknowledgements References IndexReviewsFrank van Splunder’s Language is Politics is a wonderful exploration of how language contributes to what it is to be human. Van Splunder’s command of scholarship is impressive, as is his ability to make links from language to human behaviour at all levels, seeing language as the ultimate liberating tool. Paul Kerswill, University of York, UK Frank van Splunder's Language is Politics is a wonderful exploration of how language contributes to what it is to be human. Van Splunder's command of scholarship is impressive, as is his ability to make links from language to human behaviour at all levels, seeing language as the ultimate liberating tool. Paul Kerswill, University of York, UK Author InformationFrank van Splunder teaches academic writing in a multilingual context at Linguapolis, the language centre of the University of Antwerp. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Lancaster University. He is a sociolinguist with a particular interest in relations between languages and how they are used to construct identities of people and nations. The focus of his research is English as the language of globalization and its use in higher education in non-English speaking countries. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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