Social Class in Applied LinguisticsIn this ground breaking new book David Block proposes a new working definition of social class in applied linguistics. Traditionally, research on language and identity has focused on aspects such as race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, religion and sexuality. Political economy, and social class, as an identity inscription, have been undervalued. This book argues that increasing socioeconomic inequality, which has come with the consolidation of neoliberal policies and practices worldwide, requires changes in how we think about identity and proposes that social class should be brought to the fore as a key construct. Social Class in Applied Linguistics begins with an in-depth theoretical discussion of social class before considering the extent to which social class has been a key construct in three general areas of applied linguistics- sociolinguistics, bi/multilingualism and second language acquisition and learning research. Throughout the book, Block suggests ways in which social class might be incorporated into future applied linguistics research. A critical read for postgraduate students and researchers in the areas of applied linguistics, language education and TESOL. |
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... capitalist society could thrive perfectly well without sexual discrimination and without racial discrimination . But it is not acceptable to show up classism , especially by objective linguistics analysis ... because capitalist ...
... capitalist societies means that ' the state has become a separate entity , beside and outside civil society ' and that it is nothing more than the form of organisation which the bourgeoisie necessarily adopt both for internal and ...
... capitalist system as such , but on its deviations ( overly lax legal regulations , the corruption of financial institutions , and so on ) . ( Žižek , 2009 : 19 ) 11 Indeed , not only do the ruling classes put the blame for the current ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
2 What is social class? | 24 |
3 Social class in sociolinguistics | 73 |
4 Social class in bimultilingualism research | 110 |
5 Social class in second language acquisition and learning | 146 |
Epilogue | 164 |
Goldthorpes class categories | 172 |
NSSEC analytic classes operational categories and subcategories 2010 | 173 |
Transcription conventions | 175 |
References | 176 |
Index | 191 |