Readings through November

[Cícero Barbosa]

Hi everyone, 

Something I read one of these days has really called my attention: 

"He who learns a new language is redefining himself as a new person". 

This was concerning identity and language learning. I would like to
get comments from you on it: in what sense does it mean to "redefine
oneself as a new person"? What do you understand by that?

I really wish we could talk about it. Thanks,

Cícero



2005/9/20, Linnea Micciulla <polyglot at bu.edu>:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I haven't had any specific reading suggestions from anyone, but I was
> contacted offline by a list member from Egypt who was interested in "the
> interconnections between bureaucracy and power," and specifically
> bureaucrat-client interactions.  Does anyone have any suggestions for readings?
> 
> In the meantime, below is a reminder of this month's reading, and a couple
> of suggestions for October and November.  The October suggestion is from
> Sociological Quarterly, and Phil Graham has a pre-publication version of the
> Journal of Language and Politics article on his website, so both of the
> articles for October and November should be accessible to everyone on the
> list.  Please let me know if you are having trouble finding anything!
> 
> Best,
> Linnea
> 
> *******
> 
> SEPTEMBER:
> Koller, V. (2005). "Critical discourse analysis and social cognition:
> evidence from business media discourse." Discourse & Society 16(2):199-224.
> 
> OCTOBER:
> THE SYMBOLIC CONSTRUCTION OF RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES ON RUSSIAN
> NATIONAL TELEVISION. Philo C. Wasburn and Barbara Ruth Burke. The
> Sociological Quarterly, Volume 38, Number 4, pages 669-686. 1997.
> 
> NOVEMBER:
> Graham, P. & Luke, A. (2005). The language of neofeudal corporatism and the
> war on Iraq. Journal of Language & Politics, 4 (1).  (Pre-publication
> available here:
> http://www.philgraham.net/Graham%20and%20Luke%20-%20Final%20L&P.pdf)
>