Language Ideologies and Media Discourse: Texts, Practices, Politics

by Tommaso M. Milani and Tommaso M. Milani

Book Overview

The study of language ideologies has become a key theme in sociolinguistics over the past decade. It is the study of the relationship between representations of language, on the one hand, and broader aesthetic, economic, moral and political concerns, on the other. Research into the particular role played by media discourse in the construction, reproduction and contestation of such ideologies has been widely scattered - this book brings together...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441155864
• ISBN13: 9781441155863
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"