Review of Ofelia García - Nelson Flores - Massimiliano Spotti (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Language and Society. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2017

Abstract

The review deals with the handbook focusing on critical poststructural sociolinguistics which emphasises the role of ideologies and power. The author shows some limits of the main premises of the handbook, particularly its regional specificity.

Keywords

• critical sociolinguistics
• poststructuralism
• power
• ideology