"Language ideologies" are cultural representations, whether explicit or implicit, of the intersection of language and human beings in a social world. Mediating

The topic of Language and Ideology has increasingly gained importance in the linguistic sciences. The general aim of critical linguistics is the exploration of

An important study of how signs and sign relations create social and linguistic differences - and unities.

This systematic introduction to the concept of point of view in language explores the ways in which point of view intersects with and is shaped by ideology. It