Title: The materiality of language : gender, politics, and the university /
Authors: Bleich, David
Year: 2013
Subjects: Language and languages Philosophy; Rhetoric; Academic language.; Colloquial language.; Language and languages Political aspects; Language and languages Sex differences
Contents: The contested subject -- The materiality of language -- Premises and backgrounds -- Received standards in the study of language -- Materiality and genre -- The unity of language and thought -- Materiality and the contemporary study of language -- Recognizing politics in the study of language -- Language in the university -- Frustrations of academic language -- The protected institution -- The sacred language -- Language uses in science, the heir of Latin -- Language and human survival -- The materiality of literature and the contested subject.