The Politics of Linguistics

by Frederick J. Newmeyer

Book Overview

Linguists in the past two centuries have, for the most part, approached language as an autonomous entity; their practice has been to study languages without considering the culture, society, or beliefs of the speakers. "Autonomous linguistics" has been attacked from both the left and the right. Critics on the left (in particular Marxists) argue that the separation of language from its societal context reinforces the status quo by downplaying the role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226577228
• ISBN13: 9780226577227
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"