Language Conflict and Language Rights: Ethnolinguistic Perspectives on Human Conflict

ISBN-13: 9781107022096 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 446 str.

William D. Davies; Stanley Dubinsky

Opis

An overview of language rights issues and language conflicts with detailed examination of many cases past and present around the world.

Recenzje

'… this welcome book covers tremendous empirical ground yet still coheres around a single, unifying theme: how language affects and is affected by human conflict. I know of no other book that addresses so many interesting issues while also remaining so accessible to a nonspecialist audience … I for one will be sure to assign this well-rounded, important, and insightful book to my own students.' Adam Roth Singerman, Language in Society

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Language and the Speaker: 1. The sounds and sounds systems of language; 2. Words and word structure; 3. Grammar and the organization of words into expressions; 4. Language change and variation – languages vs. dialects; Glossary for Part I; Further readings and resources for Part I; Part II. Language in the World: 5. Language and personal identity – personal names in the world; 6. Language and cultural identity – language and thought; 7. Language and national identity; 8. The role of writing systems; 9. Framing language rights in the context of human rights; Further readings and resources for Part II; Part III. A Typology of Language Conflicts: Introduction to Part III; 10. Indigenous minorities; 11. Geopolitical minorities; 12. Minorities of migration; 13. Intra-linguistic (dialectal) minorities; 14. Competition for linguistic dominance; Further readings and resources for Part III; Part IV. Language Endangerment, Extinction, and Revival: 15. Linguistic taxonomy, ecology, and ownership; 16. Language revitalization and revival; Further readings and resources for Part IV; References; Language index; Country/territory index; General index.