000 02217nam a22002897a 4500
003 KWF
005 20250218135311.0
008 250218b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020 _a9780367365431
_q(hardcover)
020 _a9780367365424
_q(softcover)
020 _z9780429346880
_q(ebook)
082 0 0 _a306.44
_bSp51 2020
100 1 _aSplunder, Frank van,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLanguage is politics :
_bexploring an ecological approach to language /
_cFrank van Splunder.
264 1 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis,
_cc2020.
300 _avii, 140 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index.
520 _a"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, personal language histories, this will be key reading for researchers and academics as well as students of English language and linguistics"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aSociolinguistics.
650 0 _aLanguage
_xPolitical aspects.
650 0 _aIdentity (Psychology)
650 0 _aLanguage and culture.
942 _2ddc
_cBK
999 _c3916
_d3916