Bourdieu, language and linguistics
Michael Grenfell
Continuum
Pierre Bourdieu is regarded as one of the foremost social philosophers of the twentieth century. His output included extensive studies of education, culture, art and language. He went beyond being a sociologist to being regarded in the same 'public intellectual' role as Sartre, de Beauvoir and Foucault. € Issues surrounding language permeate Bourdieu's entire oeuvre. Although he did undertake empirical studies on<span> language in a range of contexts, very little of this was published. This book redresses this balance; it sets out what Bourdieu has to say about language and why, and exempli.</span>    <span><span>Read more...</span></span>     <br> Content: 1. Introduction / Michael Grenfell --<br/> Part I. Theory: 2. Bourdieu: A Theory of Practice / Michael Grenfell --<br/> 3. Bourdieu, Language and Linguistics / Michael Grenfell --<br/> Part II. Practice: 4. Language Variation / Michael Grenfell --<br/> 5. Language and Ideology / Robert E. Vann --<br/> 6. Linguistic Ethnography / Adrian Blackledge --<br/> 7. Language Policy / Stephen May --<br/> 8. Language and Education / Cheryl Hardy --<br/> Part III. Towards a Science of Language and Linguistic Study --<br/> 9. Towards a Bourdieusian Science of Language and Linguistic Study / Michael Grenfell --<br/> 10. Conclusion.<br> Abstract:                           Pierre Bourdieu is regarded as one of the foremost social philosophers of the twentieth century. His output included extensive studies of education, culture, art and language. This book sets out what<span> Bourdieu has to say about language and why, and exemplifies this approach through a series of empirical language studies.</span>                 <span><span>Read more...</span></span>