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'Language ideologies'are cultural representations, whether explicit or implicit, of the intersection of language and human beings in a social world. Mediating between social structures and forms of talk, such ideologies are not only about language. Rather, they link language to identity, power, aesthetics, morality and epistemology. Through such linkages, language ideologies underpin not only linguistic form and use, but also significant social institutions and fundamental nottions of person and community. The essays in this new volume examine definitions and conceptions of language in a wide range of societies around the world. Contributors focus on how such defining activity organizes language use as well as institutions such as religious ritual, gender relations, the nation-state, schooling, and law. Beginning with an introductory survey of language ideology as a field of inquiry, the volume is organized in three parts. Part I,'Scope and Force of Dominant Conceptions of Language,'focuse on the propensity of cultural models of language developed in one social domain to affect linguistic and social behavior across domains. Part II,'Language Ideology in Institutions of Power,'conti

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Author

Bambi B. Schieffelin, Kathryn A. Woolard, and Paul V. Kroskrity

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781423759249

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.17 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13