Language Nation And Power

Author : R. Millar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230504226

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Language, Nation and Power by R. Millar Pdf

Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the ways in which language has been (and is being) used to construct national (or ethnic) identity. It focuses on the processes by which a language can be planned and standardized and what the results of these processes are. Particular emphasis is given to the historical and social effects which nationalism has had on the development of language since the French Revolution. For students of linguistics, sociology and politics.

Author : Benedict R. O'G. Anderson
Publisher : Equinox Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9793780401

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Language and Power by Benedict R. O'G. Anderson Pdf

In this lively book, Benedict R. O'G. Anderson explores the cultural and political contradictions that have arisen from two critical facts in Indonesian history: that while the Indonesian nation is young, the Indonesian nation is ancient originating in the early seventeenth-century Dutch conquests; and that contemporary politics are conducted in a new language. Bahasa Indonesia, by peoples (especially the Javanese) whose cultures are rooted in medieval times. Analyzing a spectrum of examples from classical poetry to public monuments and cartoons, Anderson deepens our understanding of the interaction between modern and traditional notions of power, the mediation of power by language, and the development of national consciousness. Language and Power, now republished as part of Equinox Publishing's Classic Indonesia series, brings together eight of Anderson's most influential essays over the past two decades and is essential reading for anyone studying the Indonesian country, people or language. Benedict Anderson is one of the world's leading authorities on Southeast Asian nationalism and particularly on Indonesia. He is Professor of International Studies and Director of the Modern Indonesia Project at Cornell University, New York. His other works include Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism and The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World.

Author : Linda Thomas,Shân Wareing
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134410309

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Language, Society and Power by Linda Thomas,Shân Wareing Pdf

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : T. Judt,D. Lacorne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403982452

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Language, Nation and State by T. Judt,D. Lacorne Pdf

This edited collection examines the role that language has played in forming modern European nations. With language an omnipresent issue within the European Union, the importance languages have played within the histories and present situations of member nations is a crucial topic. Drawing on an international cast of contributors, the book explores the issues of monolingualism vs. plurilingualism within individual nations, the revival of languages in nations such as former soviet republics, and concludes with a look at language in the electronic age.

Author : Máiréad Nic Craith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230592841

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Language, Power and Identity Politics by Máiréad Nic Craith Pdf

Dominance, identity and resistance are key themes in this examination of language in global, virtual and local settings. It focuses on world languages, linguistic rights and minority protection. Case studies explore the social strategies employed by migrants speaking non-indigenous tongues and the effect of religion in sensitive political contexts.

Author : Sue Wright
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853594849

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Community and Communication by Sue Wright Pdf

This book considers the issue of language in the European Union. Without a community of communication, the EU must remain a trading association run in an autocratic way by bilingual patrician technocrats; with a community of communication, the European Union could develop democratic structures and legitimacy and give meaning to its policies of free movement. How to achieve that community of communication is the biggest challenge facing Europe today.

Author : Ruth Wodak
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027224132

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Language, Power and Ideology by Ruth Wodak Pdf

The topic of Language and Ideology has increasingly gained importance in the linguistic sciences. The general aim of critical linguistics is the exploration of the mechanisms of power which establish inequality, through the systematic analysis of political discourse (written or oral). This reader contains papers on a variety of topics, all related to each other through explicit discussions on the notion of ideology from an interdisciplinary approach with illustrative analyses of texts from the media, newspapers, schoolbooks, pamphlets, talkshows, speeches concerning language policy in Nazi-Germany, in Italofascism, and also policies prevalent nowadays. Among the interesting subjects studied are the jargon of the student movement of 1968, speeches of politicians, racist and sexist discourse, and the language of the green movement. Because of the enormous influence of the media nowadays, the explicit analysis of the mechanisms of manipulation, suggestion, and persuasion inherent in language or about language behaviour and strategies of discourse are of social relevance and of interest to all scholars of social sciences, to readers in all educational institutions, to analysts of political discourse, and to critical readers at large.

Author : Anne-Marie Thiesse
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004498839

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The Creation of National Identities by Anne-Marie Thiesse Pdf

From the barbarian epics to the ethnographic museums, from the national languages to emblematic landscapes or typical costumes, this book retraces the cultural fabrication of the European nations. National identities are not facts of nature, but constructions.

Author : Stephan Sberro,Ronald N. Harpelle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language and international relations
ISBN : 1895939364

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Language and Power by Stephan Sberro,Ronald N. Harpelle Pdf

Author : Elizaveta Khachaturyan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443879316

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Language - Nation - Identity by Elizaveta Khachaturyan Pdf

Is language one of the main components of national identity? How does it define one's national identity? Does its role change for each nation? These are the crucial questions that are explored in this volume, which describes the Nation-Identity dyad through the prism of language. The centuries-old theory on the role language plays in shaping national identity is discussed here in a new perspective appropriate to the 21st century. The analysis is provided from various points of view, and details changes in the relationship between these three elements (language, nation, and identity) in different historical, social and linguistic contexts. The book looks at several different languages in its analysis, such as English, Portuguese, French, Spanish and Italian. It brings together a wide variety of approaches to the linguistic educational system in a multilingual Africa and in countries with a rich migration history, like Australia and United States. It also discusses the role literature and textbooks play in shaping the sense of national belonging. The answers to the central questions described above are both highly individual and very general, but will, no doubt, stimulate the reader's reflection about 'me' and the 'other'.

Author : Ali A. Mazrui,Alamin M. Mazrui,Alamin Mazrui
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0226514285

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The Power of Babel by Ali A. Mazrui,Alamin M. Mazrui,Alamin Mazrui Pdf

Linguists estimate that there are currently nearly 2,000 languages in Africa, a staggering figure that is belied by the relatively few national languages. While African national politics, economics, and law are all conducted primarily in the colonial languages, the cultural life of the majority of citizens is conducted in a bewildering Babel of local and regional dialects, making language itself the center of debates over multiculturalism, gender studies, and social theory. In The Power of Babel, the noted Africanist scholar Ali Mazrui and linguist Alamin Mazrui explore this vast territory of African language. The Power of Babel is one of the first comprehensive studies of the complex linguistic constellations of Africa. It draws on Ali Mazrui's earlier work in its examination of the "triple heritage" of African culture, in which indigenous, Islamic, and Western traditions compete for influence. In bringing the idea of the triple heritage to language, the Mazruis unravel issues of power, culture, and modernity as they are embedded in African linguistic life. The first section of the book takes a global perspective, exploring such issues as the Eurocentrism of much linguistic scholarship on Africa; part two takes an African perspective on a variety of issues from the linguistically disadvantaged position of women in Africa to the relation of language policy and democratic development; the third section presents a set of regional studies, centering on the Swahili language's exemplification of the triple heritage.The Power of Babel unites empirical information with theories of nationalism and pluralism—among others—to offer the richest contextual account of African languages to date.

Author : Arto Mustajoki,Ekaterina Protassova,Maria Yelenevskaya
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429592294

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The Soft Power of the Russian Language by Arto Mustajoki,Ekaterina Protassova,Maria Yelenevskaya Pdf

Exploring Russian as a pluricentric language, this book provides a panoramic view of its use within and outside the nation and discusses the connections between language, politics, ideologies, and cultural contacts. Russian is widely used across the former Soviet republics and in the diaspora, but speakers outside Russia deviate from the metropolis in their use of the language and their attitudes towards it. Using country case studies from across the former Soviet Union and beyond, the contributors analyze the unifying role of the Russian language for developing transnational connections and show its value in the knowledge economy. They demonstrate that centrifugal developments of Russian and its pluricentricity are grounded in the language and education policies of their host countries, as well as the goals and functions of cultural institutions, such as schools, media, travel agencies, and others created by émigrés for their co-ethnics. This book also reveals the tensions between Russia’s attempts to homogenize the 'Russian world' and the divergence of regional versions of Russian reflecting cultural hybridity of the diaspora. Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book will prove useful to researchers of Russian and post-Soviet politics, Russian studies, Russian language and culture, linguistics, and immigration studies. Those studying multilingualism and heritage language teaching may also find it interesting.

Author : Robin T. Lakoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UCSC:32106015217422

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Talking Power by Robin T. Lakoff Pdf

Entertains and informs us about the persuasive strategies of communication, exposing the false dichotomy between style and substance and empowering us to become better language consumers.

Author : Monica Heller,Lindsay A. Bell,Michelle Daveluy,Mireille McLaughlin,Hubert Noël
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199947201

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Sustaining the Nation by Monica Heller,Lindsay A. Bell,Michelle Daveluy,Mireille McLaughlin,Hubert Noël Pdf

This book is an ethnography of labor mobility and its challenges to the idea of the nation. Using the example of francophone Canada, it examines how social difference-race, ethnicity, language, gender-has been used to sort out who must (or can) be mobile and who must (or can) remain in place in the organization of global circulation of human and natural resources. It argues that "francophone Canada" can best be understood as an ethnoclass category that has embedded francophones into specific forms of labor mobility since the beginnings of European colonization, even as their social difference has been constructed as national in the interests of gaining political power. The result has been an erasure both of francophone mobilities and of their contribution to the rooted community that lies at the heart of the idea of the nation, and of francophone capacity to resist economic marginalization and exploitation. By following French Canadian workers back and forth between eastern and central Canada and the frontiers of the Canadian northwest, Sustaining the Nation explores how contemporary forms of labor mobility make it increasingly difficult for national structures and discourses to produce the francophone nation. By following the ideological tensions between language as a skill and language as a marker of belonging, the authors present grounded evidence of how the globalized new economy challenges the nation-state, and how mobilities and immobilities are co-constructed.

Author : Cheris Kramarae,William M. O'Barr,Muriel R. Schulz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608011630

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Language and Power by Cheris Kramarae,William M. O'Barr,Muriel R. Schulz Pdf

A growing number of researchers have concerned themselves with the relationship between language and social context. This book focuses on its particular relationship with power. The contributors approach the subject from the perspectives of their different disciplines and different cultural origins. Each was encouraged to consider how language and power are linked to their field of study. Some concentrate on the link between languages and the power structures of communities, nation-states, and even the international order. Others consider styles and varieties of language in conjunction with the distribution of power. A single over-riding theme runs through these fascinating essays: that of language serving as a major means of expressing, manipulating, and sometimes even transforming power relations in every society. 'wide ranging in context and approach.' -- Lore and Language, 1986