Ideologies of Language

<p>Is the study of language ideologically neutral? If so is this study objective and autonomous?</p><p>One of the most cherished assumptions of modern academic linguistics is that the study of language is or should be ideologically neutral. This professed ideological neutrality goes hand-in-hand with claims of scientific objectivity and explanatory autonomy. <i>Ideologies of Language</i> counters these claims and assumptions by demonstrating not only their descriptive inaccuracy but also their conceptual incoherence.</p>