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UNINA9910778804303321 |
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Murray Stephen O |
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American sociolinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : theorists and theory groups / / Stephen O. Murray |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1998 |
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1-283-42388-X |
9786613423887 |
90-272-7419-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (350 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Sociolinguistics - United States - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Rev. ed. of: Theory groups and the study of language in North America. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-327) and index. |
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AMERICAN SOCIOLINGUISTICS THEORISTS AND THEORY GROUPS; Copyright page; Title page; Dedication; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. Theory Groups in Science; 2.1 Groups and 'revolutions'; 2.2 Institutionalization; 2.3 Invisible Colleges and Scientific Networks; 2.3.1 Sociological specification of Kuhn's model; 2.3.2 Weighing the variables; 2.3.3 Formalization of the Griffith-Mullins Theory; CHAPTER 3. 1950's Studies of Lexicons and Psychiatry; 3.1 The Whorfian Vogue; 3.2 Studies of Native American Linguistic Acculturation; 3.3 Monis Swadesh and Lexicostatistics |
3.4 Berkeley Linguistics during the 1950's 3.5 Tragerian Explorations of 'Metalinguistic s'; 3.6 The Natural History of an Interview Project; 3.7 Gregory Bateson and the 'Palo Alto School'; 3.7.1 Theoretical summary; 3.7.2 Influence; 3.8 Ray Birdwhistell's Study of Nonverbal Communication; 3.9 Pike's ""Unified Theory"" and Burke's Dramaturgical Analysis; CHAPTER 4. Sociologies of Language; 4.1 The Chicago School Conception of Language Between the World Wars; 4.2 Cosmopolitan Communications; 4.3 Stanley Lieberson; 4.4 Joyce O. Hertzler; 4.5 John Reinecke; 4.6 Ralph Pieris |
4.7 Catholic University Urban Sociolinguistics CHAPTER 5. Language Contact and Early Sociolinguistics; 5.1 Einar Haugen; 5.2 Uriel Weinreich; 5.3 Joshua A. Fishman; 5.3.1 Students and Peers; 5.4 Wallace E. Lambert; 5.5 Roger Brown; 5.6 Exemplars of Sociolinguistics |
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avant la lettre; 5.6.1 Address terms; 5.6.2 Goin' and explaining; 5.6.3 The Social Functions of Codes in Tucson and Los Angeles; 5.7 Summary; CHAPTER 6. The Ethnography of Speaking; 6.1 The California Network; 6.1.1 Via Poona; 6.1.2 William Bright; 6.1.3 Charles Ferguson; 6.1.4 John Gumperz; 6.1.5 Susan Ervin-Tripp; 6.1.6 Dell Hymes |
6.1.7 Anthropological linguistics at Berkeley, c. 19606.1.8 Non-contact with symbolic interactionists; 6.1.9 Summary; 6.2 The Program; 6.3 Acceptance of the Line of Work; 6.3.1 Access to publication; 6.3.2 Reception of early publications; 6.4 The First Generation: An Elite Specialty; 6.5 Foundation of the Center for Applied Linguistics; 6.6 Foundation of the SSRC Sociolinguistics Committee; 6.7 Exemplars; 6.8 Paradigm Shift Under a Rhetoric of Continuity; 6.8.1 From homogeneous speech communities to continua and repertoires; 6.8.2 Communicative competence and creativity |
6.8.3 Rhetoric of continuity 6.9 The Second Generation; 6.10 The Continued Non-Integration of Sociologists; 6.11 Institutionalization and Interdisciplinarity; 6.12 Theoretical Summary; CHAPTER 7. Related Perspectives; 7.1 Erving Goffman; 7.2 Conversation analysis; 7.2.1 Theoretical summary; 7.3 Basil Bernstein; 7.3.1 The Bernstein group; 7.3.2 Relationship to American Work; 7.4 William Labov; 7.4.1 Training and relation to earlier structuralist linguistics; 7.4.2 Prestige dialects; 7.4.3 Black English; 7.4.4 The context of Labov's work |
7.5 A (Belated) Note on 20th Century American Dialectology |
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This is a revised version of Theory Groups and the Study of Language in North America (1994), the post-World-War-II history of the emergence of sociolinguistics in North America that was described in Language in Society as "a heady combination of detailed scholarship, mordant wit, and sustained narrative designed to persuade even the skeptical reader that these myriad, often simultaneously emergent, ways of thinking about language are indeed interrelated. . . . This is an outspoken, engaging, rollicking, occasionally aggravating adventure in the history of these sciences as related to their pr |
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UNINA9910955359403321 |
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Autore |
Newton David E |
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Science and political controversy : a reference handbook / / David E. Newton |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2014 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023 |
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9798216011514 |
9798216142171 |
9781785399381 |
1785399381 |
9781610693202 |
1610693205 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 332 pages) : illustrations |
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Contemporary world issues |
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Science and state - History |
Science and state - United States |
Science - Political aspects |
Science - Political aspects - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY; Greek Science in Decline; The Rise of Modern Science; What Is Science?; The Organization of Science; What Is the Purpose of Science?; The Industrial Revolution; The French Revolution; The Origins of Science in America; The Growth of Basic Research in the United States; Science and Politics in the Mid-20th Century; The Soviet Union; Nazi Germany; Great Britain; Conclusion; 2 PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONS; Galileo Revisited: The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer; The Science behind the Politics; Reaction in the United States |
Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and ReactionThe Space Race and the Apollo Program; Big Science, Little Science; The Superconducting Super Collider; The Strategic Defense Initiative; Science Interruptus; The Evils of Marijuana,; Issues of Human Sexuality; Abstinence-Only Education; Plan B; Global Climate Change; Conclusion; 3 PERSPECTIVES; |
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Introduction; The Politics of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Sandy Becker; Kitzmiller v. Dover in Focus, Glenn Branch; Science Is Not a Liberal Conspiracy, Allan B. Cobb; Rowland's Recipe for Climate Treaty Success, Joel Grossman |
The Evolving Dispute over Teaching Darwinism, Phill JonesA Satellite Launches More Controversy; Antievolutionists Struggle to Adapt Tactics; The Politics of Genetically Modified Foods, Bill Loftus; Science, Politics, and High Energy Physics, Michael Perricone; Lysenko's Revenge: Science, Politics, and Hot Rhetoric, John Galbraith Simmons; The Corruption of Climate Science by Leftist Politics, A. J. Smuskiewicz; Oil and Water-The Political Mix of the 21st Century, Lana Straub; 4 PROFILES; Introduction; Todd Akin (1947-); American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Jonathan Beckwith (1935-)Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science; Teresa Stanton Collett; Federation of American Scientists; Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911); Government Accountability Project; Edward R. Korman (1942-); Philipp Lenard (1862-1947); John Marburger (1941-2011); National Academy of Sciences; National Center for Science Education; Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE); Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Ronald Reagan (1911-2004); Eugenie C. Scott (1945-); Kathleen Sebelius (1948-); B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) |
Union of Concerned Scientists5 DATA AND DOCUMENTS; Introduction; Data; Table 5.1: Impact of Abstinence-Only Education Programs on Behavior; Table 5.2: Survey of FDA Scientists. Percent of Scientists Expressing Each Opinion on Each Question; Documents; The Republic, by Plato (ca. 389 BCE); Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989; Abortion and Breast Cancer Legislation (1990s); Politics and Science in the Federal Government (2003); Gil Garcetti, et al., Petitioners v. Richard Ceballos , 547 U.S. 410 (2006); Politicization of the Surgeon General's Office (2007) |
In the Matter of Julie MacDonald (2008) |
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"A shrewd and compelling examination of how political figures throughout history have used scientific findings to achieve their objectives--just as scientists have often put political forces to work to achieve their own goals"-- |
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