27.1405, Books: Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice: Piller

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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:24:57
From: Carolyn Napolitano [Carolyn.Napolitano at oup.com]
Subject: Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice: Piller

Title: Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice 
Subtitle: An Introduction to Applied Sociolinguistics 
Publication Year: 2016 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us

Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/linguistic-diversity-and-social-justice-9780199937264 

Author: Ingrid Piller

Paperback: ISBN:  9780199937264 Pages: 296 Price: U.S. $ 29.95

Abstract:

Understanding and addressing linguistic disadvantage must be a central facet
of the social justice agenda of our time. This book explores the ways in which
linguistic diversity mediates social justice in liberal democracies undergoing
rapid change due to high levels of migration and economic globalization.
Focusing on the linguistic dimensions of economic inequality, cultural
domination and imparity of political participation, Linguistic Diversity and
Social Justice employs a case-study approach to real-world instances of
linguistic injustice. Linguistic diversity is a universal characteristic of
human language but linguistic diversity is rarely neutral; rather it is
accompanied by linguistic stratification and linguistic subordination. Domains
critical to social justice include employment, education, and community
participation. The book offers a detailed examination of the connection
between linguistic diversity and inequality in these specific contexts within
nation states that are organized as liberal democracies. Inequalities exist
not only between individuals and groups within a state but also between
states. Therefore, the book also explores the role of linguistic diversity in
global injustice with a particular focus on the spread of English as a global
language. While much of the analysis in this book focuses on language as a
means of exclusion, discrimination and disadvantage, the concluding chapter
asks what the content of linguistic justice might be.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English  (eng)

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