Language, politics, and society : the new languages department : festschrift in honour of Professor D.E. Ager / edited by Sue Wright, Linda Hantrais, and Jolyon Howorth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ager, D. E.

Wright, Sue, 1947-

Hantrais, Linda.

Howorth, Jolyon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Sociolinguistics--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 148 p. )

Place of Publication:

Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters Ltd, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

1 Strange Encounters in the Fourth Dimension: Foreign Language Study as a Voyage of Exploration / Michael Townson 1

2 Living There: Jewish Identity and Culture in Germany after the Holocaust / Eva Kolinsky 16

3 Fugitive, the Transport, the BBC and Mass Murder: A BBC Broadcast about Gassings in Auschwitz in June 1944 / Mark Roseman 26

4 Business Elites in France: Reflections on the Continued Exercise of Power / Mairi Maclean 40

5 'Le retour du civil' in French Political Culture / Gino Raymond 56

6 City as Narrative: Representations of Paris in French Cinema (1930-1990s) / Susan Hayward 64

7 Front National in the 1990s: From Consolidation to Crisis / James G. Shields 72

8 Franco-British Relations and the European Common Foreign and Security Policy: From Cooperation to Integration? / Jolyon Howorth 85

9 Metaphors and Trains of Thought: Spotting Journey Imagery in British and German Political Discourse / Andreas Musolff 100

10 From Contexts to Concepts: Comparing Social Policy Inputs and Outcomes in Europe / Linda Hantrais 110

11 Communicating Across Divides: lingua francas in Europe / Sue Wright 119

12 Sociolinguistics in a Classless Society? / Frank Knowles 129

13 Real-World Contexts for English Spelng Studis / Christopher Upward 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-27312-X