Language and Politics

by John E. Joseph

Book Overview

Language, this book argues, is political from top to bottom, whether considered at the level of an individual speaker's choice of language or style of discourse with others (where interpersonal politics are performed), or at the level of political rhetoric, or indeed all the way up to the formation of national languages. By bringing together this set of topics and highlighting how they are interrelated, the book will function well as a textbook on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748624538
• ISBN13: 9780748624539
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher