Product details
ISBN
9780199737420
Published
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Weight
340 gr
Height
231 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
232
Author
Biographical note
Lionel Wee is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore
Language without Rights is a book-length critique of the concept of language rights. Synthesizing insights from a variety of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, sociology and political philosophy, Wee demonstrates how the appeal to language rights faces a number of conceptual and practical problems, particularly because the discourse of rights is fundamentally inconsistent with the socially variable nature of language. The book also explores an alternative that is more in tune with the complexities of language in social life by suggesting that issues involving language are better managed within a model of deliberative democracy.
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Language Without Rights is a book-length critique of the concept of language rights.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Selling point: Offers a detailed analysis of specific problems posed by language for the notion of rights, addressing topics such as unavoidability, hybridity, and the nature of linguistic constructions.
Selling point: Synthesizes current scholarship from a number of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, Construction Grammar, sociology, and political philosophy.
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Lionel Wee is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore.
Selling point: Offers a detailed analysis of specific problems posed by language for the notion of rights, addressing topics such as unavoidability, hybridity, and the nature of linguistic constructions.
Selling point: Synthesizes current scholarship from a number of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, Construction Grammar, sociology, and political philosophy.
Read more
Product details
ISBN
9780199737420
Published
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Weight
340 gr
Height
231 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
232
Author