[lg policy] Power and Sociolinguistics

[CABAU BEATRICE ELIZABETH]

dear Francis

hopefully you can open the attached PDF document (my latest publication).

all the best 
beatrice 


Dr. Beatrice CABAU, Associate-Professor
Coordinator of the European Studies Programme (French stream)
Hong Kong Baptist University
Department of Government & International Studies
Shaw Campus DLB 705B
Renfrew Road
Kowloon Tong
HONG KONG
Tel: +852 3411 5704
Fax: +852 3411 5799
e-mail address: cabaulam at hkbu.edu.hk

----- Original Message -----
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 4:45 pm
Subject: RE: [lg policy] Power and Sociolinguistics
To: Language Policy List <lgpolicy-list at groups.sas.upenn.edu>


> As an introductory overview on this topic, I also like Mesthrie's 
> chapter 'Critical Sociolinguistics: Approaches to Language and Power' 
> (ch. 10) from the textbook:
>   
>  Mesthrie, R., J. Swann, A Deumert & W.L. Leap (2000).  Introducing 
> sociolinguistics.  Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
>   
>  Francis
>   
>  --
>  Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.
>  Assistant Professor
>  Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
>  University of Texas at San Antonio
>   
>  Web:  
>   
>  New Book in 2011: Educational Linguistics in Practice: Applying the 
> Local Globally and the Global Locally
>   
>   
>  New Book in 2010: Directions and Prospects for Educational Linguistics
>   
>  
>  ________________________________
>  
>  From: 
> lgpolicy-list-bounces+francis.hult=utsa.edu at groups.sas.upenn.edu on 
> behalf of Gareth Price
>  Sent: Wed 4/13/2011 9:33 AM
>  To: lgpolicy-list at groups.sas.upenn.edu
>  Subject: [lg policy] Power and Sociolinguistics
>  
>  
>  Dear All,
>  
>  I've always found Pennycook (2001, esp. chs. 3 & 4) to be a really 
> good (and somewhat rare) discussion of the concept of power from a 
> (socio)linguistic perspective. It deals with aspects of critical 
> theory and how these concepts can be deployed in studying language 
> education and sociolinguistics. It probably won't magically resolve 
> our current dilemma about the minority/majority distinction, but it 
> might be a helpful starting point.
>  
>  I'm a self-described a political sociologist of language or political 
> sociolinguist who did my PhD jointly-supervised in the Ling Dept. and 
> Sociology Dept. at Essex (as did Dave Sayers). I've found it extremely 
> frustrating over the years that, as Christina says, sociolinguists 
> haven't really been concerned with theorising power, and those 
> political sociologists who do theorise power almost always neglect 
> language. And it's not just the paucity of published material - it's 
> actually the lack of dialogue between scholars in the two disciplines. 
> It felt like I spent most of my time trying to get people from the two 
> departments to sit down and see what they had in common!
>  
>  Pennycook, Alastair (2001). Critical Applied Linguistics: A Critical 
> Introduction. (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum)
>  
>  Best,
>  
>  Gareth
>  -- 
>  Gareth Price
>  Visiting Assistant Professor
>  Linguistics Program
>  Duke University 
>  316 Languages Building, Box 90259 
>  Durham, NC 27708-0259
>  USA
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