Overview

Metalanguage brings together new, original contributions on people's knowledge about language and representations of language, e.g., representations of dialects, styles, utterances, stances and goals in relation to sociolinguistic theory, sociolinguistic accounts of language variation, and accounts of linguistic usage. Drawing on a variety of data sources such as lay and linguists' metalanguage, the media, parliamentary debates, education, and retail shopping, the book comprises four sections and an integrative commentary. The main thematic parts deal with metalanguage in relation to the following issues: the theory of metalanguage, ideology, social evaluation, and stylisation. Other key themes discussed include constructionism, identity formation, in- and out-grouping, deception, discrimination, manipulation, and the increasing semiotisation of the socio-cultural landscape. Apart from the strictly linguistic concerns, some contributions focus on discourse in a broader sense examining meta-commentary construed in modalities other than language. The book follows from and complements a great tradition of the study of metalanguage, reflexivity, and metapragmatics, and offers a new, integrating perspective from various fields of sociolinguistics: perceptual dialectology, variationism, pragmatics, critical discourse analysis, and social semiotics. The broad range of theoretical issues and accessible style of writing will appeal to advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics and in other disciplines across the social sciences and humanities including linguists, communication researchers, anthropologists, sociologists, social psychologists, critical and social theorists. The book includes chapters by Deborah Cameron, Nikolas Coupland, Dariusz Galasinski, Peter Garrett, Adam Jaworski, Tore Kristiansen, Ulrike Hanna Meinhof, Dennis Preston, Theo van Leeuwen, Kay Richardson, Itesh Sachdev, Angie Williams, and John Wilson.

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Author:   Adam Jaworski ,  Nikolas Coupland ,  Dariusz Galasinski
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter Mouton
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9783110178784

ISBN 10:   3110178788
Pages:   331
Publication Date:   25 August 2004
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Contents Contributors Introduction Metalanguage: Why now? Adam Jaworski, Nikolas Coupland and Dariusz Galasinski Part 1. Approaches to metalanguage Introduction to Part 1 Adam Jaworski and Nikolas Coupland Sociolinguistic perspectives on metalanguage: Reflexivity, evaluation and ideology Nikolas Coupland and Adam Jaworski Notes on the role of metapragmatic awareness in language use Jef Verschueren Folk metalanguage Dennis R. Preston Part 2. Metalanguage and ideological construction Introduction to Part 2 Adam Jaworski and Nikolas Coupland Metalanguage in social life Theo van Leeuwen Restoring the order: Metalanguage in the press coverage of Princess Diana's Panorama interview Dariusz Galasinski Lying, politics and the metalinguistics of truth John Wilson Part 3. Metalanguage and social evaluation Introduction to Part 3 Adam Jaworski and Nikolas Coupland Social meaning and norm-ideals for speech in a Danish community Tore Kristiansen Adolescents’ lexical repertoires of peer evaluation: Boring prats and English snobs Peter Garrett, Nikolas Coupland and Angie Williams Teachers’ beliefs about students’ talk and silence: Constructing academic success and failure through metapragmatic comments Adam Jaworski and Itesh Sachdev Part 4. Metalanguage and stylisation Introduction to Part 4 Adam Jaworski and Nikolas Coupland Stylised deception Nikolas Coupland Metadiscourses of culture in British TV commercials Ulrike Hanna Meinhof Retroshopping: Sentiment, sensation and symbolism on the high street Kay Richardson Commentary Out of the bottle: The social life of metalanguage Deborah Cameron Index

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Adam Jaworski is reader at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Nikolas Coupland is Professor at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Dariusz Galasinski is Professor at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.

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