{"product_id":"language-and-identity-david-evans-9781474294942","title":"Language and Identity","description":"Language not only expresses identities but also constructs them. Starting from that point, \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e examines the interrelationships between language and identities. It finds that they are so closely interwoven, that words themselves are inscribed with ideological meanings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWords and language constitute meanings within discourses and discourses vary in power. The powerful ones reproduce more powerful meanings, colonize other discourses and marginalize or silence the least powerful languages and cultures. Language and culture death occur in extreme cases of marginalization. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book also demonstrates the socio-economic opportunities offered by language choice and the cultural allegiances of language, where groups have been able to create new lives for themselves by embracing new languages in new countries. Language can be a 'double-edged sword' of opportunity and marginalization. \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Identity \u003c\/i\u003eargues that bilingualism and in some cases multilingualism can both promote socio-economic opportunity and combat culture death and marginalization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith sound theoretical perspectives drawing upon the work of Bakhtin, Vygotsky, Gumperz, Foucault and others, this book provides readers with a rationale to redress social injustice in the world by supporting minority linguistic and cultural identities and an acknowledgement that access to language can provide opportunity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474294944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474294942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d","brand":"David Evans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717537067263,"sku":"9781474294942","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1c82512-5e30-43b3-ab70-50b8e3a5afa5.jpg?v=1705688577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/language-and-identity-david-evans-9781474294942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}