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Language and Power in the Modern World / David Atkinson, Mary Talbot, Karen Atkinson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748615391
  • 9781474472999
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SOURCES -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 LANGUAGE AND THE MEDIA -- 2 LANGUAGE AND ORGANISATIONS -- 3 LANGUAGE AND GENDER -- 4 LANGUAGE AND YOUTH -- 5 MULTILINGUALISM, ETHNICITY AND IDENTITY -- GLOSSARY -- TRANSCRIPTION KEY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615384);With a unique combination of selected readings and student-centred tasks in a single volume, the book covers contemporary issues in language and power, ranging from the global to the interpersonal. Each area - and each reading chosen to explore it - is substantially contextualised and discussed through a detailed introduction and then followed up with related activities.Each section comprises:a substantial, specific introduction which draws students' attention to key themes and issues relevant to its topic;a set of four or five selected readings which encourages students to locate critically these issues in context; a task, or set of tasks, obliging students to undertake 'hands-on' linguistic analysis of data and engage in more sophisticated discussion of pertinent issues.In-depth exploration of a variety of approaches to the study of language and powerUnique combination of advanced readings, student-centred tasks and editorial guidanceHands-on activities at the end of each chapter"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474472999

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SOURCES -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 LANGUAGE AND THE MEDIA -- 2 LANGUAGE AND ORGANISATIONS -- 3 LANGUAGE AND GENDER -- 4 LANGUAGE AND YOUTH -- 5 MULTILINGUALISM, ETHNICITY AND IDENTITY -- GLOSSARY -- TRANSCRIPTION KEY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615384);With a unique combination of selected readings and student-centred tasks in a single volume, the book covers contemporary issues in language and power, ranging from the global to the interpersonal. Each area - and each reading chosen to explore it - is substantially contextualised and discussed through a detailed introduction and then followed up with related activities.Each section comprises:a substantial, specific introduction which draws students' attention to key themes and issues relevant to its topic;a set of four or five selected readings which encourages students to locate critically these issues in context; a task, or set of tasks, obliging students to undertake 'hands-on' linguistic analysis of data and engage in more sophisticated discussion of pertinent issues.In-depth exploration of a variety of approaches to the study of language and powerUnique combination of advanced readings, student-centred tasks and editorial guidanceHands-on activities at the end of each chapter"

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)