Argues that English instruction is irrelevant and devoid of content. (RD)

The results of this study show that when no significant differences exist in status attached to the languages of a bilingual, any differences in value systems as expressed in the two languages are slight. (CK)

Provides a brief overview of the main methodological tools used in studies of language attitudes, focusing on the paradigm of speaker evaluation. Discusses the kinds of findings emerging from these studies and speculates on priorities for future language attitude research. (EKN)

Discusses the importance of research on language attitudes, especially in a multilingual situation and gives examples of recent research. (EKN)

Considers language as an art form. Compares language to the visual impact of seeing colors and sights, art, and all that is sensory. (RL)

There is often difficulty in implementing health education curriculums in some school districts because health education includes several taboo subjects and employs many taboo terms. (MM)

Contends that the language used to describe academic work matters a great deal and the language of impact, whether used in a research context or a social arena, foregrounds some things and marginalizes others. Opines this will draws educators further into the mindset and practices of performativity. (BT)

Establishes grounds in classical tradition for the concept of generative rhetoric, an approach to argument that finds the means of social change in the generative capacity of language itself. Examines generative structures in the Greek system of invention. Suggests that capacity for invention is embedded in a process of variations on existing…

Examines critically implications of claiming that the British National Literacy Strategy (NLS) provides teachers and educationists with a common language with which to talk about literacy teaching/learning in the classroom. Raises two questions: (1) what is the nature of the common language offered by NLS, and (2) should there be only one common…

Investigated the way in which forty 10- to 20-month-old infants established an initial mapping between objects and their labels. Results indicated that language could increase infants' attention to objects beyond the time that labeling actually occurred. (RJC)

Provides an analysis of the hurtful power of words, the history of marginalized and oppressed peoples finding their voice, and the origins and current social contexts surrounding the words "harlot,""patterns," and a vocabulary that suggests all things "other." (PA)

Discusses research on the focus and functions of language in medical practice and training. Four specific areas are highlighted: (1) speaking to patients; (2) speaking with patients; (3) speaking about patients; and (4) speaking by patients. Example studies are cited in each section, and the contributions and limitations in each topic are noted.…

Challenges the prevailing view of publics as relative entities. Reviews the two primary schools of semiotics, Saussrean and Peircean, arguing for the utility of the latter. Concludes that a public can be best understood as an ongoing process of agreement upon an interpretation, and that the public may develop a more sophisticated, insightful…

Examines the history of the filibuster, particularly the ways in which the discourse surrounding attempts to eliminate the filibuster exemplify certain fundamental contradictions in American political mythology. Concludes that popular democracy and the American form of republican government are as contradictory as they are collaborative. Sees the…