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Language, Capitalism, Colonialism: Toward A Critical History

By Monica Heller , Bonnie McElhinny

Book information

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
2017
ISBN
148759416X, 9781487594169, 1442606207, 9781442606203, 1442606223, 9781442606227, 1442606215, 9781442606210
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3516752 bytes)
Edition
1st Edition
Pages
336\330
Topic
Linguistics
Time added
2020-02-01 15:46:39
Political Science: Public Policy: Cultural PolicySocial Science: Anthropology: CulturalSociolinguistics

Description

Heller and McElhinny reinterpret sociolinguistics for the twenty-first century with an original approach to the study of language that is situated in the political and economic contexts of colonialism and capitalism. In the process, they map out a critical history of how language serves, and has served, as a terrain for producing and reproducing social inequalities. The authors ask how, and by whom, ideas about language get unevenly shaped, offering new perspectives that will excite readers and incite further research for years to come.

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