Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice: An Introduction to Applied Sociolinguistics

Piller, Ingrid

ISBN 10: 0199937249 / ISBN 13: 9780199937240

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2016

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first edition No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice: An Introduction to Applied Sociolinguistics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0199937249
• ISBN-13: 9780199937240
• Einband: hardcover
• Auflage: 1. Auflage
• Zustand: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

Understanding and addressing linguistic disadvantage must be a central facet of the social justice agenda of our time. This book explores the ways in which linguistic diversity mediates social justice in liberal democracies undergoing rapid change due to high levels of migration and economic globalization. Focusing on the linguistic dimensions of economic inequality, cultural domination and imparity of political participation, Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice employs a case-study approach to real-world instances of linguistic injustice. Linguistic diversity is a universal characteristic of human language but linguistic diversity is rarely neutral; rather it is accompanied by linguistic stratification and linguistic subordination. Domains critical to social justice include employment, education, and community participation. The book offers a detailed examination of the connection between linguistic diversity and inequality in these specific contexts within nation states that are organized as liberal democracies. Inequalities exist not only between individuals and groups within a state but also between states. Therefore, the book also explores the role of linguistic diversity in global injustice with a particular focus on the spread of English as a global language. While much of the analysis in this book focuses on language as a means of exclusion, discrimination and disadvantage, the concluding chapter asks what the content of linguistic justice might be.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ingrid Piller is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her research expertise is in Intercultural Communication, the Sociolinguistics of Language Learning and Multilingualism, and Bilingual Education. She serves as editor-in-chief of the international sociolinguistics journal Multilingua and curates the sociolinguistics portal Language on the Move.