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Voices of Modernity : Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language)
Voices of Modernity Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality - Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language
Author: Richard Bauman, Charles L. Briggs
This study asserts that conscious development of new ways of thinking about language had a crucial role in modern history, particularly the discovery of how differences between languages legitimated social inequalities. It claims that savages and ancients were judged alike because they used language similarly, in contrast to modern Europeans who...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521008976
ISBN-10: 0521008972
Publication Date: 8/4/2003
Pages: 374
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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