Binding: Paperback
Description: Language is a natural resource: Power and vulnerability are associated with access to language just as to food and water. In this new book a linguist and philosopher elucidate why language is so powerful illuminate its very real social and political implications and make the case for linguistic equality equality among languages and equality in access to/knowledge of language and its use as a human right and tool to prevent violence and oppression. Students and instructors will find this accessible interdisciplinary text invaluable for courses that explore how language reflects power structures in linguistics philosophy/ethics and cognitive science/psychology.
Title: Language Mind And Power Why We Need Linguistic Equality
Author(s): Thiede Ralf
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367224400
Pages: 190 Pages, 2 Line Drawings, Black And White; 1 Halftones, Black And White; 3 Illustrations, Black An
Publication Date: 6/10/2020
Category: Sociolinguistics