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Social Theory and Language - The Construction of Meaning (Paperback)
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Social Theory and Language - The Construction of Meaning (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
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This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the historical
developments underpinning our present understandings of the
relationship between language and the social by integrating the
study of language with key strands of sociological theory.// The
book posits that theory conditions how objects are constructed and
in turn the meanings allocated to them and explores the
implications for the relationship between language and the social.
The volume traces this relationship from its foundations in the
work of Enlightenment philosophers, in which sociology and
linguistics emerged as coherent disciplines. Taking this work as a
point of departure, the book examines the unfolding of the
interplay between language and the social across developments in
sociological theory in subsequent eras, encompassing such strands
as Marxism, functionalism, interactionism, anti-foundationalism,
poststructuralism, critical theory, and critical realism. A final
chapter turns its eye toward contemporary sociolinguistics and its
treatment of different sociological perspectives and future
directions for its continued development. // Reflecting on
trajectories in sociological theory toward informing our
understanding of the relationship between language and the social
today, this book will be key reading for students and scholars in
sociolinguistics, philosophy of language, and those working in
sociology and geography with an interest in language issues.
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