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This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the historical developments underpinning our present understandings of the relationship between language and the social by integrating the study of language with key strands of sociological theory.// The book posits that theory conditions how objects are constructed and in turn the meanings allocated to them and explores the implications for the relationship between language and the social. The volume traces this relationship from its foundations in the work of Enlightenment philosophers, in which sociology and linguistics emerged as coherent disciplines. Taking this work as a point of departure, the book examines the unfolding of the interplay between language and the social across developments in sociological theory in subsequent eras, encompassing such strands as Marxism, functionalism, interactionism, anti-foundationalism, poststructuralism, critical theory, and critical realism. A final chapter turns its eye toward contemporary sociolinguistics and its treatment of different sociological perspectives and future directions for its continued development. // Reflecting on trajectories in sociological theory toward informing our understanding of the relationship between language and the social today, this book will be key reading for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, philosophy of language, and those working in sociology and geography with an interest in language issues.

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Author:   Glyn Williams
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9780367531119

ISBN 10:   0367531119
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   29 April 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface ………………………………………………………………………………………………. i CHAPTER 1: THEORY AS METADISCOURSE …………………………………………. 1 CHAPTER 2: EARLY SOCIAL SCIENCE …………………………………………………… 28 CHAPTER 3: MARXISM AND LANGUAGE …………………………………………….. 51 CHAPTER 4: FUNCTIONALISM AND LANGUAGE ………………………………….. 71 CHAPTER 5: INERACTIONISM AND LANGUAGE …………………………………… 84 CHAPTER 6: ANTI-FUNDATIONALISM ………………………………………………….109 CHAPTER 7: POST-STRUCTURALISM …………………………………………………….126 CHAPTER 8: CRITICAL SOCIAL THEORY …………………………………………………154 CHAPTER 9: CRITICAL REALISM AND DISCOURSE …………………………………179 CHAPTER 10: SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND SOCIAL THEORY ……………………… 206 BIBLIOGRAPHY: …………………………………………………………………………………..232

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Glyn Williams has authored or co-authored fourteen books, including Sociolinguistics: A Sociological Critique (1992) and French Discourse Analysis: The Method of Poststructuralism (1999).

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