The Politics of Linguistics

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 of language as an instrument of ideology and social control. Critics on the right object to the value-free analyses of individual languages required by the autonomous approach and to the idea that all languages merit equal attention.

ISBN:	9780226577227
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Imprint:	The University of Chicago Press
Published date:	15 Mar 1988
Language:	English
Number of pages:	180
Weight:	260g
Height:	217mm
Width:	140mm
Spine width:	11mm

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