Workplace democracy. Empowerment. Team leaders. Knowledge workers. This is the language of ?the new work order? promoted by today's management, which promises more meaningful and satisfying work, greater respect for diversity, and more democratic distribution of knowledge.But Gee, Hull, and Lankshear find startling contradictions in this brave new

In its first edition, Social Linguistics and Literacies was a major contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary field of sociocultural approaches to language and literacy, and was one of the founding texts of the 'New Literacy Studies'. This book serves as a classic introduction to the study of language, learning and literacy in their social, cultural and political contexts. It shows how contemporary sociocultural approaches to language and literacy emerged and: Engages with topics such as orality and literacy, the history of literacy, the nature of discourse analysis and social theories of mind and meaning Explores how language functions in a society Surveys the notion of 'discourse' with specific reference to cross-cultural issues in communities and schools. This fifth edition offers an overview of the sociocultural approaches to language and literacy that coalesced into the New Literacy Studies. It also introduces readers to a particular style of analyzing language-in-use-in-society and develops a distinctive specific perspective on language and literacy centered on the notion of "Discourses". It will be of interest to researchers, lecturers and students in education, linguistics, or any field that deals with language, especially in social or cultural terms.

This fully-updated new edition engages with topics such as orality and literacy, the history of literacy, the uses and abuses of literacy in that history, the analysis of language as cultural communication, and social theories of mind and meaning, among many other topics. It represents the most current statement of a widely discussed and used theory about how language functions in society, a theory initially developed in the first edition of the book, and developed in this new edition in tandem with analytic techniques for the study of language and literacy in context, with special reference to cross-cultural issues in communities and schools. Built around a large number of specific examples, this new edition reflects current debates across the world about education and educational reform, the nature of language and communication, and the role of sociocultural diversity in schools and society. One of the core goals of this book, from its first edition on, has been to develop a new and more widely applicable vision of applied linguistics. It will be of interest to researchers, lecturers and students in education, linguistics, or any field that deals with language, especially in social or cultural terms.

In its first edition, Social Linguistics and Literacies was a major contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary field of sociocultural approaches to language and literacy, and was one of the founding texts of the ‘New Literacy Studies’.

This book serves as a classic introduction to the study of language, learning and literacy in their social, cultural and political contexts. It shows how contemporary sociocultural approaches to language and literacy emerged and:

Engages with topics such as orality and literacy, the history of literacy, the nature of discourse analysis and social theories of mind and meaning

Explores how language functions in a society

Surveys the notion of ‘discourse’ with specific reference to cross-cultural issues in communities and schools.

This fifth edition offers an overview of the sociocultural approaches to language and literacy that coalesced into the New Literacy Studies. It also introduces readers to a particular style of analyzing language-in-use-in-society and develops a distinctive specific perspective on language and literacy centered on the notion of "Discourses". It will be of interest to researchers, lecturers and students in education, linguistics, or any field that deals with language, especially in social or cultural terms.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: IDEOLOGY

CHAPTER 2: MEANING

CHAPTER 3: LITERACY CRISES

CHAPTER 4: LITERACY AS SOCIAL

CHAPTER 5: ORALITY AND LITERACY: THE GREAT DEVIDE

CHAPTER 6: THE LITERACY MYTH AND THE HISTORY OF LITERACY

CHAPTER 7: THE CAPACITIES OF LITERACY AND PAULO FREIRE

CHAPTER 8: THE NEW LITERACY STUDIES

CHAPTER 9: SOCIAL LANGUAGES, SITUATED MEANINGS, AND CULTURAL MODELS

CHAPTER 10: CULTURAL MODELS/FIGURED WORLDS IN ACTION

CHAPTER 11: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 12: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS STORIES GO TO SCHOOL

CHAPTER 13: DISCOURSES AND LITERACIES

CHAPTER 14: MORE ON (BIG "D") DISCOURSES

CHAPTER 15: LANGUAGE, INDIVIDUALS, AND DISCOURSES

CHAPTER 16: DISCOURSES, INDIVIDUALS, AND PERFORMANCES

CHAPTER 17: SCIENCE AND THE LIFEWORLD

CONCLUSION

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Workplace democracy. Empowerment. Team leaders. Knowledge workers. This is the language of "the new work order" promoted by today's management, which promises more meaningful and satisfying work, greater respect for diversity, and more democratic distribution of knowledge.But Gee, Hull, and Lankshear find startling contradictions in this brave new workplace--escalating inequality between individuals, nations, and even continents. They show how newly created alliances between business, educators, and psychologists may point to a hidden capitalist agenda more interested in preserving the status quo than establishing a new work order.This book offers a compelling and controversial account of global capitalism in the information age and the ways it affects language, literacy, learning, and life chances. It will be of particular interest to students in education, business, sociology, sociolinguistics, and communication studies.