The Story of Silent Spring. Sociolinguistics and Social Theory - Nikolas Coupland, Srikant Sarangi, Christopher N. Candlin. The empirical and descriptive strengths of sociolinguistics, developed over more than 40 years of research, have not been matched by an active engagement with theory.
Yet, over this time, social theorising has taken important new turns, linked in many ways to linguistic and discursive concerns. Sociolinguistics and Social Theory is the first book to explore the interface between sociolinguistic analysis and modern social theory. The book sets out to reunite sociolinguistics with the concepts and perspectives of several of the most influential modern theorists of society and social action, including Bakhtin, Foucault, Habermas, Sacks, Goffman, Bourdieu and Giddens. In eleven newly commissioned chapters, leading sociolinguists reappraise the theoretical framing of their research, reaching out beyond conventional limits. Society and Its Metaphors: Language, Social Theory and Social Structure - Jose Lopez. Society and Its Metaphors: Language, Social Theory and Social Structure - Jose Lopez. Dramatizing the Political: Deleuze and Guattari - Iain MacKenzie, Robert Porter.
An Introduction to Language Policy: Theory and Method. Pragmatics and Law: Philosophical Perspectives. The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law - Lawrence Solan. Instrumental. Instrumental /ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntl̟/adjective /ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntl̟/ adjective Learner's definition of INSTRUMENTAL [more instrumental; most instrumental]:very important in helping or causing something to happen or be done — often + in He was instrumental in organizing the club. = He played an instrumental part/role in organizing the club.
Music:written for or performed on musical instruments:not including singing They played instrumental music at the wedding. An instrumentally and vocally beautiful song He was instrumentally involved in the organization of the club. Are you beach body ready? Controversial weight loss ad sparks varied reactions. Do you know how to swim?
Yes? OK. Do you need sunscreen for your skin tone? Yes? No? I now declare your body ready for the beach. Instead, it is just about to start. The ad features a black and white, svelte-yet-curvy, fair-haired and fair-skinned woman in a bright yellow bikini. The question is almost immediately followed by the introduction of “the weight loss collection”. After sitting in a subway surrounded by the body-shaming-for-profit ads one too many times, and walking by a gigantic, skyscraper-sized version of the ad on 42nd Street, next to Times Square – and staring up in shock – I decided to investigate.
Armed with accessories my body loves to take to the beach (a snorkel, a beach ball, goggles) – accessories that indeed give my body a great sense of beach-readiness – I headed to the foot of the gargantuan Times Square ad on Friday morning. ‘This ad makes me feel less beach-body ready’ “I know we both have different shapes. ‘My body is always beach ready. Why not? Kannan Use of Language in Advertisements. The Language Of Advertising - Vocabulary - Postscript. Language has a powerful influence over people and their behaviour.
This is especially true in the fields of marketing and advertising. The choice of language to convey specific messages with the intention of influencing people is vitally important. Language and Symbolic Power - Pierre Bourdieu, John B. Thompson. This volume brings together Pierre Bourdieuâe(tm)s highly original writings on language and on the relations among language, power, and politics.
Bourdieu develops a forceful critique of traditional approaches to language, including the linguistic theories of Saussure and Chomsky and the theory of speech-acts elaborated by Austin and others. He argues that language should be viewed not only as a means of communication but also as a medium of power through which individuals pursue their own interests and display their practical competence. Bourdieuâe(tm)s account sheds fresh light on the ways in which linguistic usage varies according to considerations such as class and gender. It also opens up a new approach to the ways in which language is used in the domain of politics. For politics is, among other things, the arena in which words are deeds and the symbolic character of power is at stake. Definition of Influential by Merriam-Webster. Language and power. Introduction This guide is written for students who are following GCE Advanced level (AS and A2) syllabuses in English Language.
This resource may also be of general interest to language students on university degree courses, trainee teachers and anyone with a general interest in language science. On this page I use red type for emphasis. Brown type is used where italics would appear in print (in this screen font, italic looks like this, and is unkind on most readers). Headings have their own hierarchical logic, too: Back to top What do the examiners say about this subject? Back to top of page What is it all about? One obvious feature of how language operates in social interactions is its relationship with power, both influential and instrumental.
In some spheres of social activity, such as politics or law, both kinds of power may be present at the same time: 10. A2 English Language and Literature for AQA B - Alison Ross, Jen Greatrex.