In Search of Language Horizons

ISBN-13: 9783659157066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 108 str.

Erny Miroslav

Opis

The monograph is an outcome of a project titled Past, Present, and Future Prospects of Indigenous Language Documentation and Maintenance. The main aim of the project is to map the evolution of the global debate on the endangerment and revival of the worlds languages and cultures, with the research focus dedicated to the situation in (former) British territories, where the status of English is an important factor contributing to the modification of language and cultural diversity. The book is a collection of eight papers and treatises studying diverse sociolinguistic aspects related to problems of language death, language shift, and language maintenance. It draws examples from various parts of the globe and from the history of various languages.

O autorze

MIROSLAV ERNÝAssociate Professor at the University of Ostrava. He specializes in sociolinguistics and language change. His previous publications include Sociolinguistic and Pragmatic Aspects of Doctor Patient Communication (2007) and Discourse of Medicine Revisited: On Conveying Empathy and Trust in English Medical Consulting (2012).