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The Workings of Language: From Prescriptions to Perspectives

Autor Rebecca S. Wheeler
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 sep 1999 – vârsta până la 17 ani
The essays in this book help to make sense of the workings of language in our everyday world-on the personal, local, national, and international levels. The authors are all linguists, seeking to help readers free themselves of language prejudices, thus opening the way to better informed views on the function of language in society, a more balanced treatment in schools, and more linguistically-sound public policies.Defusing Chicken-Little prognostications about English, this volume suggests that dark claims about language are not to be taken at face value. Instead, these claims function as a signal: time to step back. Offering just such a time-out, eminent linguists explore the fuller picture underlying language in our society, examining prescriptivism, Black English, Ozark English, American Sign Language, English-Only, and Endangered Languages.After helping stomp out such linguistic fires, the linguists showcase the potent workings of language: world englishes, language and politics, media, prejudice, creativity, gender, and humor, thus opening the way to better informed views on the function of language in schools, and more linguistically sound public policies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275962456
ISBN-10: 0275962458
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

REBECCA S. WHEELER teaches writing, grammar, and linguistics in the English Department at Christopher Newport University in Virginia.

Cuprins

Introduction by Rebecca S. WheelerWays of TalkingThe Language Mavens by Steven PinkerNorth American Varieties of English as By-products of Language Contacts by Salikoko S. MufweneAfrican American Vernacular English Is Not Standard English with Mistakes by Geoffrey K. PullumHome Speech as Springboard to School Speech: Oakland's Commendable Work on Ebonics by Rebecca S. WheelerSouthern Mountain English: The Language of the Ozarks and Southern Appalachia by Bethany K. DumasOn the Other Hand: American Sign Language, Signed Englishes, and Other Visual Language Systems by Lynn S. MessingEnglishes, English-Only, and Languages in Danger of Extinction"From Out in Left Field? That's Not Cricket": Finding a Focus for the Language Curriculum by David CrystalInvestigating English around the World: The International Corpus of English by Gerald Nelson and Bas AartsSpeaking of America: Why English-Only Is a Bad Idea by Geoffrey NunbergLanguage Loss, Our Loss by Mari RhydwenLanguage and Politics, Prejudice, the Media, Creativity, Humor, and GenderMetaphor, Morality, and Politics: Or, Why Conservatives Have Left Liberals in the Dust by George LakoffLanguage as a Weapon of Hate by Rae A. MosesLanguage and the News Media: Five Facts about the Fourth Estate by Colleen CotterLife on Mars: Language and the Instruments of Invention by Mark Turner and Gilles FauconnierLaughing at and Laughing with: The Linguistics of Humor, and Humor in Literature by Victor RaskinWomen and Men in Conversation by Deborah TannenBreaking Mythical Bonds: African American Women's Language by Denise TroutmanIndex