Claire Kramsch (Berkeley University of California)

Language as Symbolic Power

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together insights from linguistics, anthropology and sociology, this book provides a lively introduction to the symbolic power of language. It has been written for language teachers and learners, as well as researchers in applied linguistics and anyone interested in the use of language in everyday life.

Produktdetails

• Key Topics in Applied Linguistics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781108798891
• ISBN-10: 1108798896
• Artikelnr.: 59637703

Autorenporträt

Claire Kramsch is Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. She has won the Kenneth Mildenberger Award from the Modern Language Association three times, for Context and Culture in Language Teaching (1993), The Multilingual Subject (2009) and The Multi-lingual Instructor (2018, with Lihua Zhang). She is the past President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) and of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Power of Symbolic Representation: 1. 'I speak therefore I am'
2. The politics of representation
3. Narratives of power: the power of narrative
Part II. The Power of Symbolic Action: 4. 'I do things with words, therefore I am'
5. From symbolic power to symbolic violence
6. When symbolic violence becomes symbolic warfare
Part III. The Power to Create Symbolic Reality: 7. 'I am seen and talked about, therefore I am'
8. Language as symbolic power in the digital age
9. Engaging with symbolic power: responding to symbolic violence
Conclusion.