"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," continues the
examination of the force of specific language beliefs, but narrows
the scope to the central role that language ideologies play in the
functioning of particular institutions of power such as schooling,
the law, or mass media. Part III, "Multiplicity and Contention
among Ideologies," emphasizes the existence of variability,
contradiction, and struggles among ideologies within any given
society. This will be the first collection of work to appear in
this rapidly growing field, which bridges linguistic and social
theory. It will greatly interest linguistic anthropologists, social
and cultural anthropologists, sociolinguists, historians, cultural
studies, communications, and folklore scholars.
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