Language is Politics: Exploring an Ecological Approach to Language - Rilegato

Van Splunder, Frank

 
9780367365431: Language is Politics: Exploring an Ecological Approach to Language
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ISBN 10: 036736543X ISBN 13: 9780367365431
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019

Sinossi

Language is Politics discusses power relations between languages in the world, with a particular focus on English. Even though English is the most widely spoken and the most powerful language worldwide, it is not the lingua franca it is often supposed to be. The basic tenet of this book is that languages do not exist in the natural world; they are artefacts made by humans.

The book debunks some common myths about language and it suggests that we should be more modest in our assumptions, for instance concerning the linguistic uniqueness of our own species. The author argues in favour of an ecological or balanced approach to language. This approach sees humans and other animals as part of the larger ecosystems that life depends on. As in nature, diversity is crucial to the survival of languages. The current linguistic ecosystem is out of balance, and this book shows that education can help to restore the balance and cope with the challenges of a multilingual and multicultural world.

With an ecological approach to language and a focus on narratives and personal language histories, this will be key reading for researchers and academics, as well as students of English language and linguistics.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Frank van Splunder teaches academic writing in a multilingual context at Linguapolis, the language centre of the University of Antwerp. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Lancaster University.

He is a sociolinguist with a particular interest in relations between languages and how they are used to construct identities of people and nations. The focus of his research is English as the language of globalization and its use in higher education in non-English speaking countries.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2019
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
036736543X
ISBN 13 
9780367365431
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
150
Contatto del produttore
Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com

Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24
München
80331
Germania

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9780367365424: Language is Politics: Exploring an Ecological Approach to Language

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ISBN 10:  0367365421 ISBN 13:  9780367365424
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019
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