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Whose Language? : a study in Linguistic Pragmatics.
"For the colonized person, objectivity is always directed against him" (Frantz Fanon). Colonized persons do not live on what we call (or used to call) the "colonies" alone. In general, objective reality, or the "facts of life", are very different depending on the kind o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1985.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond companion series ;
3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "For the colonized person, objectivity is always directed against him" (Frantz Fanon). Colonized persons do not live on what we call (or used to call) the "colonies" alone. In general, objective reality, or the "facts of life", are very different depending on the kind of life you can afford. This goes for language as well; and it explains both the title of this book, and gives it its "raison d'être". It 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 of it)? The powerful are the c. |
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| Notas: | 3.5.2.2.1. Language and the circulation process. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (425 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliography and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027279538 9027279535 9786613359094 6613359092 |