How we feel and think about language: Language ideologies and the 'total linguistic fact'

TY - GEN

T1 - How we feel and think about language: Language ideologies and the 'total linguistic fact'

AU - Rampton, Ben

AU - Holmes, Sam

PY - 2019/9/19

Y1 - 2019/9/19

N2 - To analyse people’s thoughts, beliefs and feelings language and languages, sociolinguists have developed the concept of ‘language ideology’. The goal is to understand• how our thoughts, feelings and belief about language are tied into our social lives, our biographies, our histories and our day-to-day communication.In fact, say sociolinguists, if you overlook these language ideologies, you can’t really understand language and language use – they are an essential part of the ‘total linguistic fact’. At the same time, • there are a lot of different ideologies of language, varying in how elaborate and influential they are and the types and aspects of language they focus on;• particular language ideologies grow and decline over time;• they often privilege some people rather than others, generating inequalities, arguments and conflict (large and small), although• there is still some scope of creatively reworking well-established ideologies in practical activity.

AB - To analyse people’s thoughts, beliefs and feelings language and languages, sociolinguists have developed the concept of ‘language ideology’. The goal is to understand• how our thoughts, feelings and belief about language are tied into our social lives, our biographies, our histories and our day-to-day communication.In fact, say sociolinguists, if you overlook these language ideologies, you can’t really understand language and language use – they are an essential part of the ‘total linguistic fact’. At the same time, • there are a lot of different ideologies of language, varying in how elaborate and influential they are and the types and aspects of language they focus on;• particular language ideologies grow and decline over time;• they often privilege some people rather than others, generating inequalities, arguments and conflict (large and small), although• there is still some scope of creatively reworking well-established ideologies in practical activity.

M3 - Other contribution

VL - 261

T3 - Working Papers in Urban Language & Literacies

CY - KCL

ER -