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Author : Ralph Ludwig,Steve Pagel,Peter Mühlhäusler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107041356
This book revisits and updates the concept of linguistic ecology, outlining applications to a variety of contact situations worldwide.
Author : Peter Mühlhäusler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134934881
In this book, the author examines the transformation of the Pacific language region under the impact of colonization, westernization and modernization. By focusing on the linguistic and socio-historical changes of the past 200 years, it aims to bring a new dimension to the study of Pacific linguistics, which up until now has been dominated by questions of historical reconstruction and language typology. In contrast to the traditional portrayal of linguistic change as a natural process, the author focuses on the cultural and historical forces which drive language change. Using the metaphor of language ecology to explain and describe the complex interplay between languages, speakers and social practice, the author looks at how language ecologies have functioned in the past to sustain language diversity, and, at what happens when those ecologies are disrupted. Whilst most of the examples used in the book are taken from the Pacific and Australian region, the insights derived from this area are shown to have global applications. The text should be useful for linguists and all those interested in the large scale loss of human language.
Author : Arran Stibbe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317511908
The increasingly rapid destruction of the ecological systems that support life is calling into question some of the fundamental stories that we live by: stories of unlimited economic growth, of consumerism, progress, individualism, success, and the human domination of nature. Ecolinguistics shows how linguistic analysis can help reveal the stories we live by, open them up to question, and contribute to the search for new stories. Bringing together the latest ecolinguistic studies with new theoretical insights and practical analyses, this book charts a new course for ecolinguistics as an engaged form of critical enquiry. Featuring: A framework for understanding the theory of ecolinguistics and applying it practically in real life; Exploration of diverse topics from consumerism in lifestyle magazines to Japanese nature haiku; A comprehensive glossary giving concise descriptions of the linguistic terms used in the book; Discourse analysis of a wide range of texts including newspapers, magazines, advertisements, films, nonfiction books, and visual images. This is essential reading for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working in the areas of Discourse Analysis and Language and Ecology.
Author : Peter K. Austin,Julia Sallabank
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139500838
It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.
Author : Einar Ingvald Haugen,Anwar S. Dil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Sociolinguistics
ISBN : LCCN:73183888
Author : William A. Smalley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994-06-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0226762882
Unlike other multi-ethnic nations, such as Myanmar and India, where official language policy has sparked bloody clashes, Thailand has maintained relative stability despite its eighty languages. In this study of the relations among politics, geography, and language, William A. Smalley shows how Thailand has maintained national unity through an elaborate social and linguistic hierarchy. Smalley contends that because the people of Thailand perceive their social hierarchy as the normal order, Standard Thai, spoken by members of the higher levels of society, prevails as the uncontested national language. By examining the hierarchy of Thailand's diverse languages and dialects in light of Thai history, education, culture, and religion, Smalley shows how Thailand has been able to keep its many ethnic groups at peace. Linguistic Diversity and National Unity explores the intricate relationship between language and power and the ways in which social and linguistic rank can be used to perpetuate order.
Author : Alwin Fill,Peter Muhlhausler
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780826420756
Thirty years ago, a new linguistic paradigm was created when Einar Haugen, for the first time, combined language with ecology. For Haugen, 'the ecology of language' meant the study of the interrelations between languages in the human mind and in the multilingual community. Since then a special branch of linguistics, named ecolinguistics, has developed in which the connection between language and ecology has been established in a variety of ways and by using a multitude of methods and approaches. This reader contains important articles from all the different fields of ecolinguistics - a volume long overdue for a discipline now recognized as a significant contribution to variety within the subject.
Author : Peter Mühlhäusler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language policy
ISBN : 0415056365
In Linguistic Ecology, Peter Mühlhäusler examines the transformation of the Pacific language region under the impact of colonialization, Westernization and modernization. By focusing on the linguistic and sociohistorical changes of the past 200 years, he brings a new dimension to the study of Pacific linguistics, which up until now has been dominated by questions of historical reconstruction and language typology. Mühlhäusler focuses on the cultural and historical forces which drive language change, looking at how language ecologies have functioned in the past to sustain language diversity and discussing what happens when these ecologies are disrupted.
Author : Lisa Jane Conathan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : California, Northern
ISBN : UCAL:C3502693
Author : Alwin Fill,Peter Muhlhausler
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780826481733
Thirty years ago, a new linguistic paradigm was created when Einar Haugen, for the first time, combined language with ecology. For Haugen, 'the ecology of language' meant the study of the interrelations between languages in the human mind and in the multilingual community. Since then a special branch of linguistics, named ecolinguistics, has developed in which the connection between language and ecology has been established in a variety of ways and by using a multitude of methods and approaches. This reader contains important articles from all the different fields of ecolinguistics - a volume long overdue for a discipline now recognized as a significant contribution to variety within the subject.
Author : J.H. Leather,Jet van Dam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401703413
This volume emphasizes the emergence of linguistic development through children's and learners' interactions with their environment - spatial, social, cultural, educational - bringing to light commonalities between primary language development, child and adult second-language learning, and language acquisition by robots. The studies presented here challenge a number of dominant ideas in language acquisition theory. It is of interest to language acquisition researchers and professionals.
Author : Francis O. Egbokhare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Linguistics
ISBN : IND:30000094822636
Author : Jørgen Christian Bang,Jørgen Døør
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : PSU:000060961174
High level linguistic theory monograph looking at the interaction between language and the environment.
Author : Werner Enninger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : UOM:39015014228277
Author : Louis-Jean Calvet
Publisher : Polity
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780745629568
There are around 5,000 languages spoken across the world today, but the languages that coexist in our multilingual world have varied functions and fulfil various roles. Some are spoken by small groups, a village or a tribe; others, much less numerous, are spoken by hundreds of millions of speakers. Certain languages, like English, French and Chinese, are highly valued, while others are largely ignored. Even if all languages are equal in the eyes of the linguist, the world’s languages are in fact fundamentally unequal. All languages do not have the same value, and their inequality is at the heart of the way they are organized across the world. In this major book Louis-Jean Calvet, one of the foremost sociolinguists working today, develops an ecological approach to language in order to analyse the changing structure of the world language system. The ecological approach to language begins from actual linguistic practices and studies the relations between these practices and their social, political and economic environment. The practices which constitute languages, on the one hand, and their environment, on the other, form a linguistic ecosystem in which languages coexist, multiply and influence one another. Using a rich panoply of examples from across the world, Calvet elaborates the ecological approach and shows how it can shed light on the changing forms of language use in the world today. This path-breaking book will be of great value to students and scholars in linguistics and sociolinguistics and to anyone concerned with the fate of languages in our increasingly globalized world.