Language Ethnic Identity And The State

Author : William Safran,J.A. Laponce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317983835

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Language, Ethnic Identity and the State by William Safran,J.A. Laponce Pdf

This new study powerfully asserts the pivotal importance of the interplay between language and ethnicity, which is often underestimated as a component for political stability. These leading scholars present five key case studies of South Africa, Algeria, Canada, Latvia and Senegal. All five countries are multilingual nations where language has been a central political issue that has challenged their unity and stability. These studies are underpinned by two general, comparative and theoretical discussions, which analyse how scholars consider social class and economic factors to be the primary sources for political cohesion or of malcontent with the system and the new avenues opened by a focus on issues of langauge. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of linguistics, language, politics and sociology. This is a special issue of the leading journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics.

Author : Joshua A. Fishman,Ofelia García,Oxford University Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Anthropological linguistics
ISBN : 9780195374926

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Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity by Joshua A. Fishman,Ofelia García,Oxford University Press Pdf

This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the connection between language and ethnicity.

Author : Bernard Spolsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108454119

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The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy by Bernard Spolsky Pdf

Over the last 50 years, language policy has developed into a major discipline, drawing on research and practice in many nations and at many levels. This is the first Handbook to deal with language policy as a whole and is a complete 'state-of-the-field' survey, covering language practices, beliefs about language varieties, and methods and agencies for language management. It provides a historical background which traces the development of classical language planning, describes activities associated with indigenous and endangered languages, and contains chapters on imperialism, colonialism, effects of migration and globalization, and educational policy. It also evaluates language management agencies, analyzes language activism and looks at language cultivation (including reform of writing systems, orthography and modernized terminology). The definitive guide to the subject, it will be welcomed by students, researchers and language professionals in linguistics, education and politics.

Author : William Safran,J.A. Laponce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317983842

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Language, Ethnic Identity and the State by William Safran,J.A. Laponce Pdf

This new study powerfully asserts the pivotal importance of the interplay between language and ethnicity, which is often underestimated as a component for political stability. These leading scholars present five key case studies of South Africa, Algeria, Canada, Latvia and Senegal. All five countries are multilingual nations where language has been a central political issue that has challenged their unity and stability. These studies are underpinned by two general, comparative and theoretical discussions, which analyse how scholars consider social class and economic factors to be the primary sources for political cohesion or of malcontent with the system and the new avenues opened by a focus on issues of langauge. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of linguistics, language, politics and sociology. This is a special issue of the leading journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics.

Author : William B. Gudykunst
Publisher : Multilingual Matters Limited
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Anthropological linguistics
ISBN : UCSC:32106018454220

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Language and Ethnic Identity by William B. Gudykunst Pdf

This volume demonstrates that the study of language and ethnic identity is a dynamic and rigorous research area within the study of the social psychology of language. The research presented here demonstrates that social and ethnolinguistic identity theories have the scope necessary to explain the influence of ethnic identity on such diverse processes as language attitudes, second language competence, sociolinguistic stereotypes, perceived ethnolinguistic vitality, and speech accommodation.

Author : Stephen May
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136837074

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Language and Minority Rights by Stephen May Pdf

The Second Edition of this award-winning volume in the field of language rights and language policy is a timely and useful revision of its core arguments and examples, addressing new theoretical and empirical developments since its initial publication.

Author : Emeritus at Yeshiva University Joshua A. Fishman Distinguished University Research Professor of Social Sciences
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-03-08
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780199728206

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Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity by Emeritus at Yeshiva University Joshua A. Fishman Distinguished University Research Professor of Social Sciences Pdf

This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the connection between language and ethnicity. Since the "ethnic revival" of the last twenty years, there has been a substantial and interdisciplinary change in our understanding of the connection between these fundamental aspects of our identity. The distinguished sociolinguist Joshua Fishman has commissioned over 25 previously unpublished papers on every facet of the subject. The volume is divided into two sections, the first examining disciplinary perspectives on the subject; the second uses the prism of geography, looking at the subject in the context of Africa, Scandinavia, Germany and the rest of Western Europe, North America and elsewhere. The volume is truly interdisciplinary and the contributors are all distinguished figures in their fields. Each chapter is followed by thought provoking questions and essential bibliography, and Fishman pulls together the various views that have been expressed and shows how they differ and how they are alike.The volume is useful as a scholarly reference, a resource for the lay reader, and can also be used as a text in ethnicity courses.

Author : J. Joseph
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230503427

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Language and Identity by J. Joseph Pdf

Offering a uniquely broad-based overview of the role of language choice in the construction of national, ethnic and religious identity, this textbook examines a wide range of specific cases from various parts of the world in order to arrive at some general principles concerning the links between language and identity. It will benefit students and researchers in a wide range of fields where identity is an important issue and who currently lack a single source to turn to for an overview of sociolinguistics.

Author : William D. Davies,Stanley Dubinsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107022096

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Language Conflict and Language Rights by William D. Davies,Stanley Dubinsky Pdf

An overview of language rights issues and language conflicts with detailed examination of many cases past and present around the world.

Author : A. Saleh
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137310863

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Ethnic Identity and the State in Iran by A. Saleh Pdf

While the Islamic Republic has employed various strategies to mitigate the worst excesses of inter-ethnic tension while still securing a Shi'a dominated "Persian hegemony," the systematic neglect of ethnic groups by both the Islamic Republic and its predecessor regime has resulted in the politicization of ethnic identity in Iran.

Author : Joshua Fishman,Ofelia Garcia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199837996

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Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity by Joshua Fishman,Ofelia Garcia Pdf

Like the first volume, The Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity, Volume 2 is a reference work on the interconnection between language and ethnic identity. In this volume, 37 new essays provide a systematic look at different language and ethnic identity efforts, assess their relative successes and failures, and place the cases on a success-failure continuum. The reasons for these failures and successes and the linguistic, social, and political contexts involved are subtle and highly complex. Some of these factors have to do with whether the language is considered a dialect, as in the cases of Bavarian, Ebonics, and Scots (considered to be dialects of German, American English, and British English, respectively). Other factors have to do with government policy, as in the cases of Basque and Navajo. Still other factors are historical, such as the way Canaanite was supplanted in present-day Israel by another classical language-Hebrew. Although the volume offers considerable sophistication in the treatment of language, ethnicity and identity, it has been written for the non-specialized reader, whether student or layperson. The contributors are an international group of well-known scholars in a range of fields. Fishman and Garc?a provide a detailed introduction that addresses the difficulty of assessing the success or failure of a language. They also present a conclusion that integrates the data presented in the volume.

Author : A. Saleh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137310873

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Ethnic Identity and the State in Iran by A. Saleh Pdf

While the Islamic Republic has employed various strategies to mitigate the worst excesses of inter-ethnic tension while still securing a Shi'a dominated "Persian hegemony," the systematic neglect of ethnic groups by both the Islamic Republic and its predecessor regime has resulted in the politicization of ethnic identity in Iran.

Author : Jacob M. Landau,Barbara Kellner-Heinkele
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857720856

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Language Politics in Contemporary Central Asia by Jacob M. Landau,Barbara Kellner-Heinkele Pdf

Nationalist leaders in the former Soviet states strive for national identity in both the political and cultural domains. Their language policies contend with Russian-speaking intelligentsias, numerous ethnic minorities and sizeable Russian communities backed by the Russian Federation - all presenting major challenges to facing the legacy of Soviet rule. Drawing on many years of research, interviews with educators and officials, and visits to the region, Barbara Kellner-Heinkele and Jacob M. Landau explore the politics of language and its intersection with identity in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. With special attention to language education in schools and universities within each state and debates over bilingualism versus multilingualism, their insights offer researchers of politics, linguistics and Central Asian studies a comprehensive account of a highly politicised debate.

Author : Kousar Jabeen Azam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114315166

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Ethnicity, Identity and the State in South Asia by Kousar Jabeen Azam Pdf

Author : Yasir Suleiman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : 0700704108

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Language and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa by Yasir Suleiman Pdf

Introduction, Yasir Suleiman; Chapter 1 Divided Loyalties: Language and Ethnic Identity in the Arab World, Mike Holt; Chapter 2 Language and Identity in Egyptian Nationalism, Yasir Suleiman; Chapter 3 Language, Ethnicity and National Identity in the Tunisian Ethnic Joke, Ibrahim Muhawi; Chapter 4 Ethnolinguistic Communication in Tunisian Streets: Convergence and Divergence, Itesh Sachdev, Sarah Lawson-Sako; Chapter 5 The Construction of Identity in a Divided Palestinian Village: Sociolinguistic Evidence, Muhammad Amara, Bernard Spolsky; Chapter 6 Turkish as a Symbol of Survival and Identity in Bulgaria and Turkey, Cigdem Balim; Chapter 7 Turkish as a Marker of Ethnic Identity and Religious Affiliation, Farida Abu-Haidar; Chapter 8 Language and Ethnopolitics in the Ex-Soviet Muslim Republics, Jacob M. Landau; Chapter 9 Language and Ethnic Identity in Kurdistan: An Historical Overview, Joyce Blau, Yasir Suleiman; Chapter 10 Language and Identity: The Case of the Berbers, Mohamed Tilmatine, Yasir Suleiman; Chapter 11 Hebrew and Israeli Identity, Bernard Spolsky;