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Voices of Modernity: Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language)

By Richard Bauman , Charles L. Briggs

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0521008972, 9780521008976, 0521810698, 9780521810692, 9780511064296
LCC
P35 .B33 2003
Google Books ID
zIXx31me9bMC
Open Library ID
OL22533896M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2158585 bytes)
Pages
374\374
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This study asserts that conscious development of new ways of thinking about language had a crucial role in modern history, particularly the discovery of how differences between languages legitimated social inequalities. It claims that savages and ancients were judged alike because they used language similarly, in contrast to modern Europeans who used disciplined language in scientific, philosophical and legal projects.

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