The Esperanto Movement

Author : Peter G. Forster
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110824568

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Author : Peter Glover Forster
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9027933995

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The Esperanto Movement by Peter Glover Forster Pdf

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Author : Ulrich Becker
Publisher : Mondial
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781595691699

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Esperanto in The New York Times (1887 - 1922) by Ulrich Becker Pdf

This book is a look back at the beginnings of the Es-pe-ranto move-ment in the US and beyond, opening a window into contemporaneous accounts on the pages of a world-renowned news-paper. -- Some of the articles in this collection reflect aspects of the his-tory of the Esperanto movement quite vividly; in others, we find odd anecdotes about Esperanto and the Esperantists; and many passionately-written letters from readers illustrate the ups and downs, the successes and conflicts of the Esperanto community, as well as its disputes with the skeptics outside their ranks. -- These first 35 years of the history of Esperanto seen from the vantage point of the New York Times show how Esperanto gradually became established in the US and in the world, carried on the high hopes of its early, idealistic proponents. -- The book is supplemented by an appendix containing an index of the names of persons mentioned in the newspaper articles, a short bibliography, and a collection of links to reliable information on Esperanto on the Internet.

Author : Guilherme Fians
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030842307

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Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks by Guilherme Fians Pdf

This book explores how Esperanto – often regarded as a future-oriented utopian project that ended up confined to the past – persists in the present. Constructed in the late nineteenth century to promote global linguistic understanding, this language was historically linked to anarchism, communism and pacifism. Yet, what political relevance does Esperanto retain in the present? What impacts have emerging communication technologies had on the dynamics of this speech community? Unpacking how Esperanto speakers are everywhere, but concentrated nowhere, the author argues that digital media have provided tools for people to (re)politicise acts of communication, produce horizontal learning spaces and, ultimately, build an international community. As Esperanto speakers question the post-political consensus about communication rights, this language becomes an ally of activism for open-source software and global social justice. This book will be of relevance to students and scholars researching political activism, language use and community-building, as well as anyone with an interest in digital media more broadly.

Author : Pierre Janton
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781438407807

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Esperanto by Pierre Janton Pdf

Esperanto, spoken by thousands of people across the world, is the most successful international language project. In this book, the French linguist and literary critic Pierre Janton describes the history of Esperanto since its invention in nineteenth-century Eastern Europe and offers a comprehensive linguistic description of the language. This book is the best general introduction to Esperanto and its role in the modern world. Rooted in the populism and internationalism of the late nineteenth century, Esperanto owes its origins in part to western European educational currents and in part to the cultural history of eastern European Jewry. It is a fascinating historical and sociological phenomenon as well as a remarkable linguistic system. The book contains a survey of today's movement for the promotion of Esperanto as an international language, and a description of the extensive literature in Esperanto, both original and translated. Janton also provides a survey of the other global language projects, explaining why Esperanto has prevailed.

Author : Roberto Garvía Soto,Roberto Garvía
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780812247107

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Esperanto and Its Rivals by Roberto Garvía Soto,Roberto Garvía Pdf

Roberto Garvía explores the history of artificial spoken or written languages and the people who fought for them. Taking the three most prominent—Volapük, Esperanto, and Ido—Garvía investigates what drove so many to invest incredible energy and time to learn and promote them.

Author : Humphrey Tonkin
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0761808477

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Esperanto, Interlinguistics, and Planned Language by Humphrey Tonkin Pdf

A collection of 11 papers, one in German, and an interview in French with Umberto Eco. The topics include the term planned language, Esperanto as a unique model for general linguistics, a dialogue between sociolinguistic sciences and Esperanto culture, the experience of Esperanto in developing a language for international law, and machine translation. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Esther Schor
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781429943413

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Bridge of Words by Esther Schor Pdf

A rich and passionate biography of a language and the dream of world harmony it sought to realize In 1887, Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, a Polish Jew, had the idea of putting an end to tribalism by creating a universal language, one that would be equally accessible to everyone in the world. The result was Esperanto, a utopian scheme full of the brilliance, craziness, and grandiosity that characterize all such messianic visions. In this first full history of a constructed language, poet and scholar Esther Schor traces the life of Esperanto. She follows the path from its invention by Zamenhof, through its turn-of-the-century golden age as the great hope of embattled cosmopolites, to its suppression by nationalist regimes and its resurgence as a bridge across the Cold War. She plunges into the mechanics of creating a language from scratch, one based on rational systems that would be easy to learn, politically neutral, and allow all to speak to all. Rooted in the dark soil of Europe, Esperanto failed to stem the continent's bloodletting, of course, but as Schor shows, the ideal continues draw a following of modern universalists dedicated to its visionary goal. Rich and subtle, Bridge of Words is at once a biography of an idea, an original history of Europe, and a spirited exploration of the only language charged with saving the world from itself.

Author : Ulrich Lins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781352000207

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Dangerous Language — Esperanto and the Decline of Stalinism by Ulrich Lins Pdf

This is Volume 2 of Dangerous Language. This book examines the rise of the international language Esperanto, launched in 1887 as a proposed a solution to national conflicts and a path to a more tolerant world. The chapters in this volume examine the position of Esperanto in Eastern Europe during the Cold War; in particular it explores Stalin’s final years and the gradual re-emergence of the Esperanto movement. At first, its revival was limited to the satellite countries, especially Bulgaria and Poland, but, with Stalinism’s gradual retreat, Esperanto organizations reappeared in most East European countries and eventually in the Soviet Union itself. The progress was uneven, and its details reveal the stresses and strains that became apparent as the solidarity of the Soviet bloc declined. This book will appeal to a wide readership, including linguists, historians, political scientists and others interested in the history of the twentieth century from the unusual perspective of language. This volume is complemented by the sister volume Dangerous Language — Esperanto under Hitler and Stalin which offers a concentration on the creation and early emergence of Esperanto as an international language.

Author : Arika Okrent
Publisher : Random House
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780385529716

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In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent Pdf

Here is the captivating story of humankind’s enduring quest to build a better language—and overcome the curse of Babel. Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon. But few people have heard of Babm, Blissymbolics, Loglan (not to be confused with Lojban), and the nearly nine hundred other invented languages that represent the hard work, high hopes, and full-blown delusions of so many misguided souls over the centuries. With intelligence and humor, Arika Okrent has written a truly original and enlightening book for all word freaks, grammar geeks, and plain old language lovers.

Author : Ulrich Lins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137549174

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Dangerous Language — Esperanto under Hitler and Stalin by Ulrich Lins Pdf

This is Volume 1 of Dangerous Language. This book examines the rise of the international language Esperanto, launched in 1887 as a proposed solution to national conflicts and a path to a more tolerant world. The chapters in this volume chart the emergence of Esperanto as an answer to a widespread democratic desire for direct person-to-person international communication regardless of political boundaries. Its early success was limited, mostly because of the Czarist regime's suspicion of direct communication with foreigners, and, later, similar suspicion by dictatorial regimes generally. As speakers of a "dangerous language," its adepts were harassed and persecuted, especially in Germany and the Soviet Union. This book argues that the fate of Esperanto over the 130 years of its existence serves as a barometer to measure the degree to which regimes tolerate spontaneous personal contact with other countries and allow the pursuit of self-education outside prescribed national or ideological constraints. This book will appeal to a wide readership, including linguists, historians, political scientists and others interested in the history of the twentieth century from the unusual perspective of language. This volume is complemented by the sister volume Dangerous Language - Esperanto and the Decline of Stalinism which offers a concentration on the Cold War history of Esperanto in Eastern Europe.

Author : Bernard Eustace Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Esperanto
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020076837

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Esperanto, Its Aims and Claims by Bernard Eustace Long Pdf

Author : Brigid O'Keeffe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350160668

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Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia by Brigid O'Keeffe Pdf

Hoping to unite all of humankind and revolutionize the world, Ludwik Zamenhof launched a new international language called Esperanto from late imperial Russia in 1887. Ordinary men and women in Russia and all over the world soon transformed Esperanto into a global movement. Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia traces the history and legacy of this effort: from Esperanto's roots in the social turmoil of the pre-revolutionary Pale of Settlement; to its links to socialist internationalism and Comintern bids for world revolution; and, finally, to the demise of the Soviet Esperanto movement in the increasingly xenophobic Stalinist 1930s. In doing so, this book reveals how Esperanto – and global language politics more broadly – shaped revolutionary and early Soviet Russia. Based on extensive archival materials, Brigid O'Keeffe's book provides the first in-depth exploration of Esperanto at grassroots level and sheds new light on a hitherto overlooked area of Russian history. As such, Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia will be of immense value to both historians of modern Russia and scholars of internationalism, transnational networks, and sociolinguistics.

Author : Aleksander Korzhenkov,Aleksander Korĵenkov
Publisher : Mondial
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781595691675

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Zamenhof by Aleksander Korzhenkov,Aleksander Korĵenkov Pdf

Released to the public for the first time in in 1887, Esperanto had its specific origins in the fertile brain of a single individual, Zamenhof, and in the particular circum-stan-ces into which he was born and came of age. It is the story of these origins that Aleksander Korzhenkov's biography sets out to tell. -- That biography was originally published in Esperanto; the present version, in Ian Richmond's excellent translation, is an abridged version of the original text, prepared for English readers by the author. -- Zamenhof was a child of his times - buffeted by the social upheavals of Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century, eager to find solutions to social ills, but alive to new ways of thinking that accompanied this change. Seeking to solve the specific problems of his own day, he created a language equally well suited to addressing those of ours. (Humphrey Tonkin)

Author : Richard Bartholdt,A. Christen
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547305286

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Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education by Richard Bartholdt,A. Christen Pdf

Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education is the record of court hearings about adding the Esperanto language to the United States school curriculum. Though Bartholdt's measure was not passed, the court transcript is a fascinating exploration of greater opportunities for American education. Excerpt: "I first introduced the bill in the shape of a request to the Committee on Education to investigate the subject; that is, as to the practicability and advisability of introducing Esperanto as an auxiliary language in the public schools..."