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ERIC Number: EJ467097
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-5309
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Language and Symbolic Power: Bourdieu and the Legacy of Euro-American Colonialism in an African Society.
Goke-Pariola, Abiodun
Language and Communication, v13 n3 p219-34 Jul 1993
Examines Pierre Bourdieu's basic theory on language and criticisms of structuralism, transformational grammar, and the speech act theory as they appear in Language and Symbolic Power. Bourdieu's theories are applied to the colonial and postcolonial language situation in Nigeria. (JP)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Theory, Speech Acts, Structural Linguistics, Symbolism, Transformational Generative Grammar
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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