Language Ideology

The area of ideologies of language is relatively new as a field of study. The field examines cultural variation in notions about how communication functions as a social process. The concept of linguistic ideology is defined & some approaches to its study are outlined. Issues focused on here incl...

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Published in:Annual review of anthropology 1994-01, Vol.23 (1), p.55-82
Main Authors: Woolard, Kathryn A, Schieffelin, Bambi B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Discourse
Ethnography
Ethnolinguistics
Language
language and colonialism
language contact
language politics
Linguistic anthropology
Linguistics
Literacy
Structural linguistics
Theoretical linguistics
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Summary:The area of ideologies of language is relatively new as a field of study. The field examines cultural variation in notions about how communication functions as a social process. The concept of linguistic ideology is defined & some approaches to its study are outlined. Issues focused on here include language contact, doctrines of correctness & standardization, literacy, historical studies, ideology & language change, & variation in ideology. 329 References. B. Annesser Murray
ISSN:0084-6570
1545-4290
DOI:10.1146/annurev.an.23.100194.000415