Metalanguage: Social and Ideological Perspectives

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2004

Metalanguage

Social and Ideological Perspectives

Edited by: Adam Jaworski , Nikolas Coupland and Dariusz Galasinski

Volume 11 in the series Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110907377

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About this book

Metalanguage brings together new, original contributions on people's knowledge about language and representations of language, e.g., representations of dialects, styles, utterances, stances and goals in relation to sociolinguistic theory, sociolinguistic accounts of language variation, and accounts of linguistic usage. Drawing on a variety of data sources such as lay and linguists' metalanguage, the media, parliamentary debates, education, and retail shopping, the book comprises four sections and an integrative commentary. The main thematic parts deal with metalanguage in relation to the following issues: the theory of metalanguage, ideology, social evaluation, and stylisation. Other key themes discussed include constructionism, identity formation, in- and out-grouping, deception, discrimination, manipulation, and the increasing semiotisation of the socio-cultural landscape. Apart from the strictly linguistic concerns, some contributions focus on discourse in a broader sense examining meta-commentary construed in modalities other than language.

The book follows from and complements a great tradition of the study of metalanguage, reflexivity, and metapragmatics, and offers a new, integrating perspective from various fields of sociolinguistics: perceptual dialectology, variationism, pragmatics, critical discourse analysis, and social semiotics. The broad range of theoretical issues and accessible style of writing will appeal to advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics and in other disciplines across the social sciences and humanities including linguists, communication researchers, anthropologists, sociologists, social psychologists, critical and social theorists. The book includes chapters by Deborah Cameron, Nikolas Coupland, Dariusz Galasinski, Peter Garrett, Adam Jaworski, Tore Kristiansen, Ulrike Hanna Meinhof, Dennis Preston, Theo van Leeuwen, Kay Richardson, Itesh Sachdev, Angie Williams, and John Wilson.

Author / Editor information

Adam Jaworski is reader at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.

Nikolas Coupland is Professor at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.

Dariusz Galasinski is Professor at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction
Metalanguage: Why now? Adam Jaworski, Nikolas Coupland and Dariusz Galasiński Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part 1. Approaches to metalanguage
Introduction to Part 1 Adam Jaworski and Nikolas Coupland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Sociolinguistic perspectives on metalanguage: Reflexivity, evaluation and ideology Nikolas Coupland and Adam Jaworski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Notes on the role of metapragmatic awareness in language use Jef Verschueren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Folk metalanguage Dennis R. Preston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Part 2. Metalanguage and ideological construction
Introduction to Part 2 Adam Jaworski and Nikolas Coupland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Metalanguage in social life Theo van Leeuwen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Restoring the order: Metalanguage in the press coverage of Princess Diana’s Panorama interview Dariusz Galasiński Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Lying, politics and the metalinguistics of truth John Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Part 3. Metalanguage and social evaluation
Introduction to Part 3 Adam Jaworski and Nikolas Coupland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Social meaning and norm-ideals for speech in a Danish community Tore Kristiansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Adolescents’ lexical repertoires of peer evaluation: Boring prats and English snobs Peter Garrett, Nikolas Coupland and Angie Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Teachers’ beliefs about students’ talk and silence: Constructing academic success and failure through metapragmatic comments Adam Jaworski and Itesh Sachdev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Part 4. Metalanguage and stylisation
Introduction to Part 4 Adam Jaworski and Nikolas Coupland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Stylised deception Nikolas Coupland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Metadiscourses of culture in British TV commercials Ulrike Hanna Meinhof Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Retroshopping: Sentiment, sensation and symbolism on the high street Kay Richardson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Commentary
Out of the bottle: The social life of metalanguage Deborah Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Advanced Students and Researchers in Sociolinguistics, Linguistics in General, Communication Research, Anthropology, Social Psychology, Critical and Social Theory; Academic Libraries; Institutes.
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 324
Keywords: Metalanguage

eBook

Published: October 24, 2012
ISBN: 9783110907377

Hardcover

Published: August 25, 2004
ISBN: 9783110178777