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All of the above: New coalitions in sociocultural linguistics 1
Author(s) -
Bucholtz Mary,
Hall Kira
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of sociolinguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1467-9841
pISSN - 1360-6441
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2008.00382.x
Subject(s) - sociolinguistics , sociocultural linguistics , sociocultural evolution , sociology , linguistic anthropology , linguistics , ideology , anthropological linguistics , applied linguistics , anthropology , politics , quantitative linguistics , clinical linguistics , political science , philosophy , law
As the history of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology shows, a sharp distinction between these fields and others concerned with the sociocultural investigation of language is untenable given their significant common ground. The article describes the current state of relations between sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and similar approaches to language, culture, and society. It then locates theoretical, methodological, thematic, and political points of commonality and explores emerging areas of productive dialogue among these closely overlapping research traditions. Two analytic examples, one focused on race talk in sociolinguistic interviews with European American youth and the other on ideologies of English among sexual and gender minorities in India, illustrate the benefits of bringing together different branches of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.