Ideologies of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics) e-bog
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Is the study of language ideologically neutral? If so, is this study objective and autonomous?One of the most cherished assumptions of modern academic linguistics is that the study of language is, or should be, ideologically neutral. This professed ideological neutrality goes hand-in-hand with claims of scientific objectivity and explanatory autonomy. Ideologies of Language counters these claim...
E-bog
403,64 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
3 februar 2014
Længde
253 sider
Genrer
Language: reference and general
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781134741465
Is the study of language ideologically neutral? If so, is this study objective and autonomous?One of the most cherished assumptions of modern academic linguistics is that the study of language is, or should be, ideologically neutral. This professed ideological neutrality goes hand-in-hand with claims of scientific objectivity and explanatory autonomy. Ideologies of Language counters these claims and assumptions by demonstrating not only their descriptive inaccuracy but also their conceptual incoherence.