Language, Society, and the State: From Colonization to Globalization in Taiwan

by Gareth Price

Book Overview

Using Taiwan as a case study, this book constructs an innovative theory of a political sociology of language. Through documentary and ethnographic data and a comparative-historical method the book illustrates how language mediates interactions between society and the state and becomes politicized as a result; how language, politics and power are intertwined processes; and how these processes are not isolated in institutions but socially embedded.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501526510
• ISBN13: 9781501526510
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary