The Politics of Language, Discourse, and Identity in the Philippines

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Quezon City ; University of the Philippines Press; 2007Description: xxvi, 262 pISBN:
  • 978-971-542-542-1
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • Fil 306.44409599 R28
Summary: This volume appeals to scholars from different fields in the ncial sciences and the humanities. From language as a formal system of sounds and signs to discourse as a systemic encoder of meaning and ideology, the essays give us a refreshing range of theoretical and social angles from where we can view the interconnections of language, discourse, identity, and society. This volume is a welcome response to the need for inter- and multi-disciplinary approaches to the central questions of power and nieaning-making.
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This volume appeals to scholars from different fields in the ncial sciences and the humanities. From language as a formal system of sounds and signs to discourse as a systemic encoder of meaning and ideology, the essays give us a refreshing range of theoretical and social angles from where we can view the interconnections of language, discourse, identity, and society. This volume is a welcome response to the need for inter- and multi-disciplinary approaches to the central questions of power and nieaning-making.

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