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Language in theory : a resource book for students : ABCD / Mark Robson and Peter Stockwell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge English Language IntroductionsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: xvii, 176 p. : 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780415320498
  • 0415320496
  • 9780415320481 (pb)
  • 0415320488 (pb)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 400 22
LOC classification:
  • P 107 .R 2005
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Contents:
Gendered language -- The language of 'race' -- Language and society -- Performative language -- Locating intention -- Consciousness and cognition -- Creativity in writing -- Figures -- The reception of meaning -- Writing gender -- Writing 'race' -- Language, society and history -- Language performs -- Dislocating intention -- Mind reading -- Creating worlds -- Figuration -- Constructing interpretations -- Reading gender -- Reading 'race' -- Reading the political -- Language's performances -- Desiring intention -- Language and mind -- Forms of creativity -- Making metaphors -- Creating interpretations -- Gender: Deborah Cameron -- Race: Jacques Derrida -- Society: Theodor Adorno -- Performativity: Judith Butler -- Intention: Michel Foucault -- Cognition: Lakoff and Johnson -- Creativity: Ronald Carter -- Figuration: Barbara Johnson -- Interpretation: Michael Toolan.
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre P 107 ROB 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 012766 Available mZulm-012766

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-172) and index.

Gendered language -- The language of 'race' -- Language and society -- Performative language -- Locating intention -- Consciousness and cognition -- Creativity in writing -- Figures -- The reception of meaning -- Writing gender -- Writing 'race' -- Language, society and history -- Language performs -- Dislocating intention -- Mind reading -- Creating worlds -- Figuration -- Constructing interpretations -- Reading gender -- Reading 'race' -- Reading the political -- Language's performances -- Desiring intention -- Language and mind -- Forms of creativity -- Making metaphors -- Creating interpretations -- Gender: Deborah Cameron -- Race: Jacques Derrida -- Society: Theodor Adorno -- Performativity: Judith Butler -- Intention: Michel Foucault -- Cognition: Lakoff and Johnson -- Creativity: Ronald Carter -- Figuration: Barbara Johnson -- Interpretation: Michael Toolan.

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