UID:
almahu_9949383479302882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781351041775
,
1351041770
,
9781351041782
,
1351041789
,
1351041762
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9781351041751
,
1351041754
,
9781351041768
Content:
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.
Note:
List of Contributors Chapter 1 - Crispin Thurlow The (Grubby) Business of Words: What 'George Clooney' Tells Us Part 1: Language Work and the Business of Words Chapter 2 - Alexandre Duchêne Unequal Language Work(ers) in the Business of Words Chapter 3 - Helen Kelly-Holmes The Linguistic Business of Marketing Part 2: Wordsmiths and Professional Language Work Chapter 4 - Geert Jacobs Unwriteable Discourse? Co-crafting the Language of Science News; Chapter 5 - Crispin Thurlow and David Britain Voice Work: Learning About and From Dialect Coaches Chapter 6 - Adam Jaworski EAT, LOVE and Other (Small) Stories: Tellability and Multimodality in Robert Indiana's Word Art Chapter 7 - Bronwen Innes Judges as Wordsmiths: Crafting Clarity and Neutrality in Summing-up for Juries Chapter 8 - Jamie Moshin and Crispin Thurlow Making (up) the News: The Artful Language Work of Journalists in 'Reporting' Taboo Part 3: Linguists and Political Economies of Expertise Chapter 9 - Alexandra Jaffe Framing Elite Knowledge in Shifting Linguistic Economies: The Case of Minority Language Translation Chapter 10 - Felictas Macgilchrist Beyond the Academic 'But': The Pleasures and Politics of Collaborative Language Work in the Publishing Industry Chapter 11 - Enam Al Wer & Maria Fanis The Commercialisation of Linguistic Expertise in the Asylum Vetting Process Chapter 12 - Elana Shohamy Engaging with School Principals as Language Policy Workers Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Thurlow, Crispin. Business of Words : Wordsmiths, Linguists, and Other Language Workers. Milton : Routledge, ©2019 ISBN 9781138485266
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.4324/9781351041782
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351041782
