Why do languages allow us to say 'the same thing' in so many different ways? One of the answers is that in saying what we want to say, we always position ourselves in social space as well, by speaking
This is a highly original comparative study of the oral storytelling traditions of two widely divergent cultures, Anglo-Western culture and Central Australian Aboriginal culture. Concerned with both t
Taking off from the apt epigram that "... language, after all, is a purely historical phenomenon," these sociolinguistic analyses present debates over how language ideologies are formed, articulated,
This is an ethnographic study of language use and language planning on the French island of Corsica where there has been language shift away from the minority language (Corsican) towards French. The b
Based on her ethnographic study of two groups of young working- class people from Barcelona, Pujolar proposes a new way to analyze the relation between language use and gender identity. She includes a
The book examines the social consequences of courtroom talk through detailed investigation of the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys in the case against six police officers charged
Drawing on a wide range of empirical data, the volume presents a thorough discussion of impoliteness and power in language. It addresses the enormous imbalance that exists between academic interest in
This book is about the struggle for social power in the interethnic context of the Austrian part of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire. It explores how the struggle for power is reflected in att
This book is about the struggle for social power in the interethnic context of the Austrian part of the 19th Austro-Hungarian Empire. It explores how the struggle for power is reflected in attempts to
Bonfiglio's (U. of Richmond) study centers on phonemes with high cultural visibility, which can be focused upon as diagnostic markers of the migration and legitimation of accent. The author deconstru
