At War with Words (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)

In a new era of global conflict involving non-state actors, At War with Words offers a provocative perspective on the role of language in the genesis, conduct and consequence of mass violence. Sociolinguistics meets political science and communication studies in order to examine interdependence between armed conflict and language. As phenomena attributed only to humans, both armed conflict and language are visible on two axes: language as war discourse, and language as a social policy subject to change by the victorious. In this unique volume, internationally known contributors provide original data and new insights that illuminate roles of text and talk in creating identities of enemies, justifications for violence, and accompanying propaganda. Incorporating contexts from around the world, this collection's topics range from a radio talk show hosts' inflammatory rhetoric to the semantic poverty of the lexicon of mass destruction. The first eight chapters discuss war texts. How does language serve as a vehicle to incite, justify, and resolve an armed conflict? Case studies from the US to China, and from Austria to Ghana detail such a progression to, through, and from war. The book's second part reflects the understanding of language as a symbol of power achieved by a victorious side in war. Five chapters discuss cases from Okinawa, Croatia, Cyprus, Palau, and Northern Ireland. Edited by a sociolinguist and a political scientist, At War with Words includes chapters by Michael Billig, Paul Chilton, Ruth Wodak and a dozen other prominent linguists and communications scholars. This book will be of interest to linguists, media scholars and political scientists, but is also accessible to any reader interested in language and war. Teachers will find particular chapters useful as course material in discourse analysis, language policy, war and peace studies, conflict resolution, mass communication, and other related disciplines.

General

Imprint:	de Gruyter Mouton
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP]
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Mirjana N. Dedaic • Daniel N. Nelson
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	503
Edition:	Reprint 2012
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-017649-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General
LSN:	3-11-017649-1
Barcode:	9783110176490

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