Language, Capitalism, Colonialism: Toward a Critical History

by Monica Heller and Bonnie Mcelhinny

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442606207
• ISBN13: 9781442606203
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"