Discourse and power in a multilingual world / Adrian Blackledge.
In Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World the discourse of politicians and policy-makers in Britain links languages other than English, and therefore speakers of these languages, with civil disorder and threats to democracy, citizenship and nationhood. These powerful arguments travel along ...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA :
John Benjamins Pub.,
2005.
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| Series: | Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ;
v. 15. |
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Table of Contents:
- Discourse and Power in a MultilingualWorld; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Language, ideology and power; Language ideologies in multilingual contexts; Discourse and discrimination in the social arena; Political discourse and the rhetoric of discrimination; Political discourse and the media; Representing the voice of the people; The legitimation of discriminatory discourse; Discourse, power and the multilingual world; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index; The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture.