Whose language?: a study in linguistic pragmatics
Auteur :
Mey, Jacob L.
Éditeur :
Mey, Jacob L.
ISBN :
9789027250049
Date de publication :
1 janv. 1985
Dimensions :
24,5 x 16,4 cm
Poids :
685 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Bonaire, Saba
This volume deals with power in language and asks: who is really in command when we use ""our"" language, and why does it make sense to talk about a language of power (or lack or it)? The powerful are the colonizers, the colonized are the powerless, in language as in geopolitics.