Language Ideologies and the Globalization of 'Standard' Spanish : Raising the Standard

• Autore: Paffey Darren
• Pubblicazione: London, : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.440917/561; 306.440917561; 468
• Soggetto topico: Ideology; Sociolinguistics; Spanish language -- 21st century; Spanish language -- Globalization; Spanish language - Globalization - 21st century; Spanish language; Languages & Literatures; Romance Languages
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Language standardization; The Spanish language context; The structure of the book; 1 Language Ideologies, Critical Discourse Analysis and Media Discourse; Introduction; Language ideologies; Critical discourse analysis (CDA); Using CDA to study language ideologies: Examining the intersections; Media discourse; Summary; 2 Language Authorities and the Standardization of Spanish; Introduction; Standard language ideology; Language academies ; The Real Academia Española (Royal Academy of the Spanish Language)Other language authorities; Summary; 3 Spanish Linguistic Unity and the Global Community of Speakers; Introduction; Unity of the Spanish language; The community of Spanish-speakers; Unity and community in standardization discourse; Summary; 4 The Role and Authority of the Real Academia Española and Other Guardians of Spanish; Introduction; The role of language guardians in standardization; The discursive legitimization of role and authority; Summary; 5 The Spanish Language in the World; Introduction ; The framing of debates about Spanish in the worldPluricentric Spanish and the RAE; To whom does Spanish 'belong'?; Summary; Conclusion; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines how language ideologies are manifested in newspaper media. Using the Spanish press as a case study it considers how media discourse both from and about the Real Academia Española constitutes a set of 'language ideological debates' in which the institution represents a vision of what the Spanish language is and what it should be like. Paffey adopts a Critical Discourse Analysis approach to a large corpus of texts from Spain's best-selling daily newspapers, El País and ABC . More generally, the book sheds light on how institutions produce and maintain visions of 'standard lang
• Titolo autorizzato: Language Ideologies and the Globalization of 'Standard' Spanish
• ISBN: 1-283-70631-8; 1-4411-1097-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813809503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in Sociolinguistics