Welcome

Welcome to the companion website for Language, Society and Power, Sixth Edition.

On this website, you will find resources to help you explore some of the topics and issues covered in the book in more detail. We cover some issues we didn’t have a chance to cover in the textbook. We also provide a glossary for the book.

A great deal of the material here is taken from the World Wide Web. The Web is an excellent resource for exploring how people use language to express their own identity, what people think about others’ use of language and how power is intertwined with these issues. Given that it’s possible for a range of people to publish online, it is important to evaluate material carefully. Nevertheless, the richness and diversity of language found online makes it a great space to explore language and the views and opinions that people have.

We hope that these materials will deepen your critical understanding of the topics covered. In many cases, we have provided questions for you to think about as you look at the material, but we hope that you will bring together the other skills you have developed to ask new questions and to find your own examples.

About the Authors

Annabelle Mooney

Annabelle Mooney is Professor Emerita of Language and Society at the University of Roehampton, UK.

Betsy Evans

Betsy Evans is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, USA.

 

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