37.282, Books: Discourse, Materiality, and Agency within Everyday Social Interactions: Izadi (2026)

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Date: 19-Jan-2026
From: Ellena Moriarty [rfsupport at cambridge.org]
Subject: Discourse, Materiality, and Agency within Everyday Social Interactions: Izadi (2026)


Title: Discourse, Materiality, and Agency within Everyday Social
Interactions
Series Title: Elements in Applied Linguistics
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/ch/universitypress/subjects/languages-linguistics/applied-linguistics-and-second-language-acquisition/discourse-materiality-and-agency-within-everyday-social-interactions?format=PB&isbn=9781009675369

Author(s): Dariush Izadi

Paperback ISBN:  9781009675369 Pages:  88 Price: U.K. £ 18.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009675369 Pages:  88 Price: Europe EURO 21.01
Paperback ISBN:  9781009675369 Pages:  88 Price: U.S. $ 23.00
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Hardback ISBN:  9781009675376 Pages:  88 Price: U.S. $ 70.00

Abstract:

This Element investigates the interplay between language, discourse,
and materiality by focusing on everyday social practices within corner
shops and markets in Sydney, Australia. Drawing on linguistic
ethnography and data from interactions involving objects, talk, and
people, it explores how discourse and materiality are co-constituted.
Employing theoretical perspectives from actor-network theory and the
concept of mediational means/tools, the study reconceptualizes the
role of non-human entities in meaning-making processes. It
demonstrates that objects actively participate in shaping cultural
practices and social dynamics, offering new insights that broaden
applied linguistics' engagement with materiality. By treating objects
as agents in discourse, this Element highlights the entanglement of
language, agency, and the material world. It foregrounds the dynamic
relationships between humans and non-humans in everyday communicative
practices, bringing to the fore the significance of material
conditions in the production of meaning and interaction.

Written In: English (eng)



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