Language and Subjectivity (Key Topics in Applied Linguistics)

✍ Scribed by Tim McNamara

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 276
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Understanding the role of language within the formation of a sense of self has been revolutionised by developments in social theory, particularly poststructuralism. There is now a new emphasis on the way in which subjects are vulnerable in the face of powerful discourses such as nation, gender, race and sexuality. This book is a clear and engaging introduction to these developments and their relevance to students of language. Using lively and often personal examples throughout, Tim McNamara explores the role of language within processes of subjectivity using the insights of conversation analysis (CA), creating an original conceptual and methodological bridge between the macro- and micro-dimensions of social discourse and everyday conversational interaction.

✦ Table of Contents

01.0_pp_i_i_Language_and_Subjectivity
02.0_pp_ii_ii_Key_Topics_in_Applied_Linguistics
03.0_pp_iii_iii_Language_and_Subjectivity
04.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page
05.0_pp_v_vi_Dedication
06.0_pp_vii_ix_Contents
07.0_pp_x_x_Figures
08.0_pp_xi_xi_Tables
09.0_pp_xii_xiv_Acknowledgements
10.0_pp_1_21_The_Construction_of_the_Subject
11.0_pp_22_45_Discourses_of_Gender_and_Sexuality
12.0_pp_46_65_Recognition_and_the_Colonial_Other
13.0_pp_66_99_Racist_Discourse_and_Everyday_Language
14.0_pp_100_118_Language_Learning_and_Subjectivity
15.0_pp_119_138_Discourse_and_Subjectivity_in_Face-to-Face_Interaction_1_The_Interaction_Order
16.0_pp_139_164_Discourse_and_Subjectivity_in_Face-to-Face_Interaction_2_Inscribing_Gender
17.0_pp_165_179_Categorizing_Others_in_Casual_Conversation
18.0_pp_180_211_Technologies_of_Subjectivity_Language_Tests_and_Identification
19.0_pp_212_220_Conclusion_Discourse_and_Discipline
20.0_pp_221_223_Glossary
21.0_pp_224_239_References
22.0_pp_240_250_Index