Description
| Product ID: | 9783319575674 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CH |
| Title: | The Language of Money and Debt |
| Subtitle: | A Multidisciplinary Approach |
| Authors: | Author: Annabelle Mooney, Evi Sifaki |
| Page Count: | 316 |
| Subjects: | Linguistics, linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book analyses the language that ordinary people employ when discussing money, debt and financial behaviour. In doing so, it addresses common underlying questions concerning definitions of money and value, and scrutinises how people construct, negotiate and articulate meaning in these domains. This book analyses the language that ordinary people employ when discussing money, debt and financial behaviour. It documents and critiques this language from an array of disciplinary perspectives, with chapters on children''s books, government infomercials, television poverty porn, the emotional experience of being indebted, and more. In doing so, it addresses common underlying questions concerning definitions of money and value, and scrutinises how people construct, negotiate and articulate meaning in these domains. This wide-ranging edited collection will be of interest to students and scholars of linguistics, sociology, communication, literature and anthropology. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-07-26 |
