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"This volume deals with power in language and asks: who is really in command when we use ""our"" language, and why does it make sense to talk about a language of power (or lack or it)? The powerful are the colonizers, the colonized are the powerless, in language as in geopolitics. Colonized persons do not live on what we call (or used to call) the ""colonies"" alone. In general, objective reality, or the ""facts of life"", are very different depending on the kind of life one can afford. This goes for language as well and it explains both the title of this book and gives it its ""raison d'etre"". Colonizers and colonized alike, however, are subject to the social and economic conditions prevailing in society and therefore, a thorough analysis of these conditions is arguably a must for any socially-oriented theory of language use."

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Author:   Jacob L. Mey (University of Southern Denmark)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   3
Weight:   0.685kg
ISBN:  

9789027250049

ISBN 10:   9027250049
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   01 January 1985
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. 0. About this book; 2. 0.0. Preliminary Remarks; 3. 0.1. Introduction; 4. 1. Language and manipulation; 5. 1.0. The cement of society; 6. 1.1. Manipulatory language: general; 7. 1.2. Manipulatory language: special; 8. 1.3. Concluding remarks; 9. 2. Language and industry; 10. 2.0. Introduction: Data selection; 11. 2.1. DR and the Oil Strike; 12. 2.2. Immigrant language education; 13. 3. Making a theory; 14. 3.0. Introduction; 15. 3.1. Wording; 16. 3.2. Language's rationale; 17. 3.3. Wording and society; 18. 3.4. Words and commodities; 19. 3.5. Industrial wording; 20. 3.6. A double logic; 21. 4. What about linguistics?; 22. 4.0. Introduction: Science and method; 23. 4.1. A tale of two tongues; 24. 4.2. Linguistic oppression; 25. 4.3. Social linguistics; 26. 4.4. Sexism and reversal; 27. 4.5. Language and power; 28. References; 29. Index

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