Attitudes to Language
Attitudes to Language by Peter Garrett, published by Cambridge University Press on April 8, 2010, is an illustrated edition comprising 268 pages. This book examines the pervasive views people hold about language and how these attitudes shape perceptions of competence, intelligence, and social status. Through a lively introduction, Garrett draws on extensive research to explore the implications of language attitudes in everyday communication.
Readers will find a thorough discussion of how language influences thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, with examples ranging from punctuation and grammar to accents and dialects. The book delves into the social advantages and discriminations that arise from language use, highlighting the complex relationship between language and social identity. This edition provides insights into the fields of linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the psychological and social dimensions of language.
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Just about everyone seems to have views about language. Language attitudes and language ideologies permeate our daily lives. Our competence, intelligence, friendliness, trustworthiness, social status, group memberships, and so on, are often judged from the way we communicate. Even the speed at which we speak can evoke reactions. And we often try to anticipate such judgements as we communicate. In this lively introduction, Peter Garrett draws upon research carried out over recent decades in order to discuss such attitudes and the implications they have for our use of language, for social advantage or discrimination, and for social identity. Using a range of examples that includes punctuation, words, grammar, pronunciation, accents, dialects and languages, this book explores the intricate and fascinating ways in which language influences our everyday thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
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