Language, Capitalism, Colonialism
Toward a Critical History
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Monica Heller, Bonnie McElhinny | ISBN: | 9781442606227 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division | Publication: | October 25, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Monica Heller, Bonnie McElhinny |
| ISBN: | 9781442606227 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division |
| Publication: | October 25, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
