The Material Word (Routledge Revivals)

Download or read book The Material Word (Routledge Revivals) written by David Silverman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1980, this reissue is a study of the sociology of language, which aims to bridge the gap between textbook and monograph by alternating chapters of explication and analysis. A chapter outlining a particular theory and suggesting general criticisms is followed by a chapter offering an original application of that theory. The aim of the authors is to treat text and talk as the site of specific practices which sustain or subvert particular relations between appearance and reality.