[PDF] Language Ecology And Society eBook

Author : Jørgen Christian Bang
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
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High level linguistic theory monograph looking at the interaction between language and the environment.

Author : Arran Stibbe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1317511905

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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 : Alwin Fill
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 29,3 MB
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0826420753

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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 : Arran Stibbe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 39,64 MB
Release : 2020-12-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1000293653

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Ecolinguistics: Language, Ecology and the Stories We Live By is a ground-breaking book which reveals the stories that underpin unequal and unsustainable societies and searches for inspirational forms of language that can help rebuild a kinder, more ecological world. This new edition has been updated and expanded to bring together the latest ecolinguistic studies with new theoretical insights and practical analyses. The book presents a theoretical framework and practical tools for analysing the key texts which shape the society we live in. The theory is illustrated through examples, including the representation of environmental refugees in the media; the construction of the selfish consumer in economics textbooks; the parallels between climate change denial and coronavirus denial; the erasure of nature in the Sustainable Development Goals; creation myths and how they orient people towards the natural world; and inspirational forms of language in nature writing, Japanese haiku and Native American writing. This edition provides an updated theoretical framework, new example analyses, and an additional chapter on narratives. Accompanied by a free online course with videos, PowerPoints, notes and exercises (www.storiesweliveby.org.uk), as well as a comprehensive glossary, this is essential reading for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working in the areas of Discourse Analysis, Environmental Studies and Communication Studies.

Author : Peter K. Austin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 37,30 MB
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 113950083X

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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 : Mark Garner
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,57 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783039100545

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Mark Garner demonstrates how adopting an ecological perspective fundamentally changes our understanding of human language and calls into question such assumptions as language being rule-governed, or that it represents a distinctive form of knowledge.

Author : Albert Bastardas-Boada
Publisher : Edicions Universitat Barcelona
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 10,47 MB
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 849168316X

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This book aims to contribute to the overall, integrated understanding of the processes of language contact and their evolution, be they the result of political or economic (dis)integrations or migrations or for technological reasons. Via an interdisciplinary, holistic approach, it also aims to support the theoretical grounding of a unified, common sociolinguistic paradigm, based on an ecological and complexity perspective. This approach built on the fact that linguistic structures do not live in isolation from their social functions and must be situated in relation to the sub-and supra-systems that determine their existence if we are to understand their fortunes. It is a useful contribution to understanding and promoting the processes of linguistic revitalization in the world, combining at the same time the maintenance and development of diversity while ensuring the intercommunication of human species.