Voices of Modernity: Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality

Bauman and Briggs analyze the construction of the relationships between language varieties and their speakers, between text and textual practices, and between the past and present, anticipating the future, by tracing such issues through the work of key theoreticians (philosophers, scientists, schola...

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Published in:Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 2006, Vol.16 (2), p.289-291
Main Author: Philips, Lisa
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)
Blackwell, Robert
Boas, Franz (1858-1942)
Bourne, John
Boyle, John
Herder, Johann Gottfried (1744-1803)
Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)
Ideology
Inequality
Language
Language ideologies
Language varieties
Latour, Bruno
Modernity
Nonfiction
Political sociology
Politics
Society
Sociolinguistics
Wood, Robert
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Summary:Bauman and Briggs analyze the construction of the relationships between language varieties and their speakers, between text and textual practices, and between the past and present, anticipating the future, by tracing such issues through the work of key theoreticians (philosophers, scientists, scholars) in three centuries, from Francis Bacon via John Locke and the Royal Society to Franz Boas, concluding with a "non-programmatic" "non-agenda" to avoid reproducing structures of modernity and inequality in the present. The authors document how each scholar's construction of the interplay between language and tradition indexes linguistic ideologies that promote inequality along any combination of ethnic, gender, or class lines.
ISSN:1055-1360
1548-1395
DOI:10.1525/jlin.2006.16.2.289