This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the historical
developments underpinning our present understandings of the
relationship between language and the social by integrating the study
of language with key strands of sociological theory.// The book posits
that theory conditions how objects are constructed and in turn the
meanings allocated to them and explores the implications for the
relationship between language and the social. The volume traces this
relationship from its foundations in the work of Enlightenment
philosophers, in which sociology and linguistics emerged as coherent
disciplines. Taking this work as a point of departure, the book
examines the unfolding of the interplay between language and the
social across developments in sociological theory in subsequent eras,
encompassing such strands as Marxism, functionalism, interactionism,
anti-foundationalism, poststructuralism, critical theory, and critical
realism. A final chapter turns its eye toward contemporary
sociolinguistics and its treatment of different sociological
perspectives and future directions for its continued development. //
Reflecting on trajectories in sociological theory toward informing our
understanding of the relationship between language and the social
today, this book will be key reading for students and scholars in
sociolinguistics, philosophy of language, and those working in
sociology and geography with an interest in language issues.
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ISBN
9781000142730
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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