31.2989, Books: Words Matter: McConnell-Ginet

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Subject: 31.2989, Books: Words Matter: McConnell-Ginet

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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 22:35:08
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: Words Matter: McConnell-Ginet

 


Title: Words Matter 
Subtitle: Meaning and Power 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/words-matter-meaning-and-power?format=HB 


Author: Sally McConnell-Ginet

Hardback: ISBN:  9781108427210 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 79.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108427210 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 59.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108427210 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 70.01
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108445900 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 23.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108445900 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 17.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108445900 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 21.00


Abstract:

History and current affairs show that words matter - and change - because they
are woven into our social and political lives. Words are weapons wielded by
the powerful; they are also powerful tools for social resistance and for
reimagining and reconfiguring social relations. Illustrated with topical
examples, from racial slurs and sexual insults to preferred gender pronouns,
from ethnic/racial group labels to presidential tweets, this book examines the
social contexts which imbue words with potency. Exploring the role of language
in three broad categories - establishing social identities, navigating social
landscapes, and debating social and linguistic change - Sally McConnell-Ginet
invites readers to examine critically their own ideas about language and its
complicated connections to social conflict and transformation. Concrete and
timely examples vividly illustrate the feedback loop between words and the
world, shedding light on how and why words can matter.

Getting Started; 1. Labeling: “What are you, anyway?”; 2. Marking/Erasing:
“Instead of saying 'normal Americans', you can just say 'Americans'”; 3.
Generalizing: “All the Women were White, All the Blacks were Men, but Some of
Us were Brave”; 4. Addressing: “All right, my man...keep your hands on the
steering wheel; 5. Putting Down: “[They] aren't people – they're animals”; 6.
Reforming/Resisting: “It's like a kind of sexual racism”; 7. Authorizing:
“When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean...[but who] is to be
master?”; 8. Concluding.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Semantics


Written In: English  (eng)

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