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Language as Symbolic Power (Hardcover)
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Language as Symbolic Power (Hardcover)
Series: Key Topics in Applied Linguistics
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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 draws upon a wide
range of existing work by philosophers, sociolinguists,
sociologists and applied linguists, and includes current real-world
examples, to provide a fresh insight into a topic that is of
particular significance and interest in the current political
climate and in our increasingly digital age. The book shows the
workings of language as symbolic power in educational, social,
cultural and political settings and discusses ways to respond to
and even resist symbolic violence.
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