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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462833903321

Titolo

Thematising multilingualism in the media [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Helen Kelly-Holmes, Tommaso M. Milani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

90-272-7190-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Benjamins Current Topics ; ; v. 49

Altri autori (Persone)

Kelly-HolmesHelen <1968->

MilaniTommaso M

Disciplina

306.44/6

Soggetti

Multilingualism - Social aspects

Mass media and language

Discourse analysis - Social aspects

Sociolinguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This chapter takes as a point of departure the website of the "Voices" project, a large media enterprise on languages in the UK conducted by the BBC in 2003-2005. With the help of the notions of language ideology and the analytical tools of multimodal critical discourse analysis, the paper shows how representations of languages on the website are a discursive terrain on which negotiations of national identities are played out. Essentially, the argument is that there is a constant tension between centripetal (unifying) and centrifugal (particularising) forces which strive for the