Language in theory : a resource book for students : abcd / Mark Robson and Peter Stockwell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gendered language -- The language of `race` -- Language and society -- Performative language -- Locating intention -- Consciousness and cognition -- Creativity in writing -- Figures -- The reception of meaning -- Writing gender -- Writing `race` -- Language, society and history -- Language performs -- Dislocating intention -- Mind reading -- Creating worlds -- Figuration -- Constructing interpretations -- Reading gender -- Reading `race` -- Reading the political -- Language`s performances -- Desiring intention -- Language and mind -- Forms of creativity -- Making metaphors -- Creating interpretations -- Gender: Deborah Cameron -- Race: Jacques Derrida -- Society: Theodor Adorno -- Performativity: Judith Butler -- Intention: Michel Foucault -- Cognition: Lakoff and Johnson -- Creativity: Ronald Carter -- Figuration: Barbara Johnson -- Interpretation: Michael Toolan.