Language and Discrimination by Celia Roberts

Language and Discrimination by Celia Roberts

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A text which looks at industrial language training and how it can be used to help inter-ethnic communication. It discusses the nature of cross-cultural training, provides examples and examines the workplace from an ethnographic and linguistic point of view.

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Language and Discrimination by Celia Roberts

Langauge and Discrimination provides a unique and authoritative study of the linguistic dimension of racial discrimination. Based upon extensive work carried out over many years by the Industrial Language Training Service in the U.K, this illuminating analysis argues that a real understanding of how language functions as a means of indirect racial discrimination must be founded on an expanded view of language which recognises the inseparability of language, culture and meaning. After initially introducing the subject matter of the book and providing an overview of discrimination and language learning, the authors examine the relationship between theory and practice in four main areas: theories of interaction and their application; ethnographic and linguistic analysis of workplace settings; training in communication for white professionals; and language training for adult bilingual workers and job-seekers. Detailed case studies illustrate how theory can be turned into practice if appropriate information, research, development and training and co-ordinated in an integrated response to issues of multi-ethnic communication, discrimination and social justice.
Celia Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at King's College London, UK. Her research interests include langauge and ethnicity, sociolinguistics and ethnography.
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ISBN 13 9780582552654
ISBN 10 0582552656
Titel Language and Discrimination
Autor Celia Roberts
Serie Applied Linguistics And Language Study
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 1992-08-10
Seitenanzahl 480
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