Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 622 g
Reihe: Advances in Sociolinguistics
Ideology and Interest in the Defence of Languages
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 622 g
Reihe: Advances in Sociolinguistics
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8745-2
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL
This is a very popular area of research
- Excellent contributors including Sally Johnson, Deborah Cameron, Ron Schmidt, Alexandra Jaffe and Tony Crawley
- Wide range of languages and countries covered e.g French in Canada, Corsican in France, Catalan in Spain, Ukranian in Russian States, patois in Switzerland
- Covers the ideological and political motivations for wanting to save languages from a wide-range of sociolinguistic perspectives.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
Since the emergence of sociolinguistics as a new field of enquiry in the late 1960s, research into the relationship between language and society has advanced almost beyond recognition. In particular, the past decade has witnessed the considerable influence of theories drawn from outside of sociolinguistics itself. Thus rather than see language as a mere reflection of society, recent work has been increasingly inspired by ideas drawn from social, cultural, and political theory that have emphasised the constitutive role played by language/discourse in all areas of social life. The Advances in Sociolinguistics series seeks to provide a snapshot of the current diversity of the field of sociolinguistics and the blurring of the boundaries between sociolinguistics and other domains of study concerned with the role of language in society.
Current academic discussions and public debates frequently focus on the importance of defending languages against various kinds of dangers. Many focus on defending institutionalized languages against multilingualism, or conversely defending minority languages against the incursion of larger ones. This book challenges such a view, to argue that the discussions in question are not about language itself, but rather that we are witnessing, on the terrain of language, ideological struggles which are centrally about the position of nation states and of minorities in the new globalized world order.
Covering a wide-range of languages from different sociolinguistic perspectives, this book is essential reading for academics interested in language endangerment and sociolinguistics.
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1. Endangered discourses: sociolinguistics, globalization and the social order - Alexandre Duchene and Monica Heller
2. Defending diversity:staking out a common global interest?- Shaylih Muehlmann
3. Indigenous language endangerment and the unfinished business of nation-states - Donna Patrick
4. Who wants to save the 'Patois d'Evolene'? - Marinette Matthey and Raphael Maitre
5. Discourses of endangerment: contexts and consequences of essentializing discourses- Alexandra Jaffe
6. Français, acadien, acadjonne: Competing discourses of language preservation along the shores of the Baie Sainte-Marie - Annette Boudreau and Lise Dubois
7. The future of Catalan: language endangerment and nationalist discourses in Catalonia- Joan Pujolar
8. Language endangerment, war and peace in Northern Ireland - Tony Crowley
9. Voices of endangerment: A language ideological debate in the Swedish language - Tommasso Milani
10. Defending English in an English-dominant world: The Ideology of the 'Official English' Movement in the United States - Ron Schmidt
11. Protecting French: The View from France - Claudine Moise
12. Embracing diversity for the sake of unity: Linguistic hemogony and the pursuit of total Spanish - José Del Valle
13. Language endangerment and verbal hygiene: history, morality and politics - Deborah Cameron
