Abstract
People find the subject of language interesting and worth studying for many different reasons. Language can, for example, be used as a way of finding out more about:
• how our brains work, from investigating how children learn language, or how damage to our brains results in certain kind of language disorders (psycholinguistics);
• how to learn and to teach different languages (applied linguistics); • the relationship between meaning, language and perception (philosophy); • the role of language in different cultures (anthropology); • the styles of language used in literature (stylistics); • the different varieties of language people use, and why there are linguistic differences between different groups (sociolinguistics); • how to make computers more sophisticated (artificial intelligence).
• how our brains work, from investigating how children learn language, or how damage to our brains results in certain kind of language disorders (psycholinguistics);
• how to learn and to teach different languages (applied linguistics); • the relationship between meaning, language and perception (philosophy); • the role of language in different cultures (anthropology); • the styles of language used in literature (stylistics); • the different varieties of language people use, and why there are linguistic differences between different groups (sociolinguistics); • how to make computers more sophisticated (artificial intelligence).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Language, Society and Power |
Subtitle of host publication | An Introduction |
Editors | Linda Thomas, Shân Wareing |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Chapter | 1 |
Pages | 1-16 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780203426968 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 31 Jul 2004 |
Publication series
Name | Language, Society and Power |
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Keywords
- Language
- Power
- Society