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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paffey, Darren.

Series:

Advances in Sociolinguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ideology.

Sociolinguistics.

Spanish language--21st century.

Spanish language--Globalization.

Spanish language--Globalization--21st century.

Spanish language.

Local Subjects:

Ideology.

Sociolinguistics.

Spanish language--21st century.

Spanish language--Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-70631-8

1-4411-1097-6

OCLC:

818117771