11 The Disempowerment Game: Bourdieu on language
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 11 The Disempowerment Game: Bourdieu on language - Language, Society and Consciousness |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Ruqaiya Hasan; Macquarie University (Emeritus); |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | co-genetic; Susan Greenfield; personalized brain; human mind; semiotic modalities; cultural practices; vocalaural; graphic-visual |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Sociolinguistics (CFB) |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | The four issues to be discussed in this chapter are as follows: (i) that Bourdieu’s view of linguistics and his reading of Saussure’s text are, both, ‘monocular’. To the extent that these limited readings are presented as definitive, they are misleading; (ii) that Bourdieu’s view of language as a semiotic is akin to that of a formal linguist’s, such as, say, Chomsky; it fails to appreciate crucial features of language as a semiotic system; (iii) that his ‘spontaneous socio/linguistics’ is largely equal to what Saussure called ‘external linguistics’; since external linguistics, like internal linguistics, is only half the story, it fails to present a convincing model of the relations of language and society; (iv) that if Bourdieu’s view of language is accepted as the point of departure for pedagogic action, its deficiencies will inevitably result in a less than satisfactory programme for literacy education, denying pedagogic action any role as a liberating force. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Aug-2005 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/25635 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.25635 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Language, Society and Consciousness |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
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| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |