The business of words : wordsmiths, linguists, and other language workers /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Description:xi, 210 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:Language and languages in advertising.
Mass media and language.
English language -- Social aspects.
Rhetoric -- Social aspects.
English language -- Social aspects.
Language and languages in advertising.
Mass media and language.
Rhetoric -- Social aspects.
Arbeitsfeld
Linguist
Linguistik
Linguistics -- Research.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11979477
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Other authors / contributors:Thurlow, Crispin, editor.
ISBN:9781138485242
1138485241
9781138485266
1138485268
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:The Business of Words examines the practices of 'high-end' language workers or wordsmiths where we find words being professionally designed, institutionally managed, and, inevitably, objectified for status and profit. Aligned with existing work on language and political economy in critical sociolinguistics and discourse studies, the volume offers a novel, complementary insight into the relatively elite practices of language workers such as advertisers, dialect coaches, publishers, judges, translators, public relations officers, fine artists, journalists, and linguists themselves. In fact, the book considers what academics might learn about language from other wordsmiths, opening a space for 'dialogue' between those researching language and those who also stake a claim to linguistic expertise and a way with words. Bringing together an array of leading international scholars from the cognate fields of discourse studies, sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology, this book is an essential resource for researchers, advanced undergraduate, and postgraduate students of English language, linguistics and applied linguistics, communication and media studies, and anthropology.

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