LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND THE DYNAMICS OF AGE by Anna Duszak (Editor), Urszula Okulska (Editor) ( 9783110238105 )

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Title:

LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND THE DYNAMICS OF AGE

By:

Anna Duszak (Editor), Urszula Okulska (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£148.50
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ISBN 10:

3110238101

ISBN 13:

9783110238105

Publisher:

WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO

Pub. date:

16 November, 2010

Series:

Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP] v. 28

Pages:

378

Description:

Explores the role of age in communication under consideration of various age groups (the elderly, middle-aged, teenagers, and children), genres, cultures and languages. This book shows particular importance of the discursive construction of age in the face of challenges of globalization, increased human mobility and intergenerational conflicts.

Synopsis:

The book explores the role of age in communication under consideration of various age groups (the elderly, middle-aged, teenagers, children), genres, cultures and languages. The social skewing of the contributions explains the book's focus on discourse-mediated social identities, with age implicated as a viable controller of how social action is strategically deployed for alignment and alienation, accommodation and divergence. The studies in the book show the particular importance of the discursive construction of age in the face of new challenges of globalization, increased human mobility and rising intergenerational conflicts.

Reader Age:

College Graduate Student

US Grade:

College Graduate Student

Illustrations:

12 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, 12 schw.-w. Abb.,

Publication:

Germany

Imprint:

Mouton de Gruyter

Returns:

Non-returnable