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Language is not simply a tool for communication - symbolic power struggles underlie any speech act, discourse move, or verbal interaction, be it in face-to-face conversations, online tweets or political debates. This book provides a clear and accessible introduction to the topic of language and power from an applied linguistics perspective. It is clearly split into three sections: the power of symbolic representation, the power of symbolic action and the power to create symbolic reality. It draw
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Claire J Kramsch; Cambridge University Press
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781108869386
- Category
- language
- Subjects
- Linguistics, Science, Sociolinguistics
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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