Revivals, Nationalism, and Linguistic Discrimination: Threatening Languages

ISBN-13: 9781032082998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 152 str.

Umberto Ansaldo

Opis

This book argues that respect for linguistic diversity, multilingualism, and multiculturalism is not compatible with revival that mirrors nation-building and sovereign identity construction.

Recenzje

"In Revivals, Nationalism, and Linguistic Discrimination Fleming and Ansaldo offer a lucid and accessible exposition of language politics across a number of contrasting jurisdictions. In so doing they provide an overview of where we are now in global developments in language policies and the practical and ideological tensions that inform them. For once, language politics is treated within academic linguistics as real politics, rather than being viewed through the lens of a predetermined ideological position – typically European vernacular Romanticism. In this way the authors bring new insights and dynamic analysis to bear on an important, fascinating, yet deeply contested domain." — Christopher Hutton, Professor, School of English, University of Hong Kong

Spis treści

1. On Language, Power, and the Nation  2. Sri Lanka: Linguistic Nationalism and its Perils  3. Kazakhstan: Revival in Postcolonial Negotiations  4. Mongolia: Purism, Identity, and the Other  5. Hong Kong: Language and Survival in a ‘One-China’ World  6. Catalonia: Good and Bad Revivals  7. Reflections and Takeaways

O autorze

Kara Fleming is Assistant Professor in the College of Humanities and Education at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Umberto Ansaldo is Professor and Head of the School of Literature, Arts, and Media at The University of Sydney, Australia.