Language Ideology and the Human

<p>Language Ideology and the Human: New Interventions redefines the critical picture of language as a system of signs and ideological tropes inextricably linked to human existence. Offering reflections on the status discursive possibilities and political ideological and practical uses of oral or written word in both contemporary society and the work of previous thinkers this book traverses South African courts British clinics language schools in East Timor prison cells cinemas literary criticism textbooks and philosophical treatises in order to forge a new diversified perspective on language ideology and what it means to be human. This truly international and interdisciplinary collection explores the implications that language always materialising in the form of a historically and ideologically identifiable discourse as well as the concept of ideology itself have for the construction definition and ways of speaking about 'the human'. Thematically arranged and drawing together the latest research from experts around the world <i>Language Ideology and the Human </i>offers a view of language ideology and the human subject that eschews simplifications and binary definitions. With contributions from across the social sciences and humanities this book will appeal to scholars from a range of disciplines including sociology cultural studies anthropology law linguistics literary studies philosophy and political science.</p>