Language Conflict and Language Rights
Title | Language Conflict and Language Rights PDF eBook |
Author | William D. Davies |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 451 |
Release | 2018-08-09 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1108655475 |
As the colonial hegemony of empire fades around the world, the role of language in ethnic conflict has become increasingly topical, as have issues concerning the right of speakers to choose and use their preferred language(s). Such rights are often asserted and defended in response to their being violated. The importance of understanding these events and issues, and their relationship to individual, ethnic, and national identity, is central to research and debate in a range of fields outside of, as well as within, linguistics. This book provides a clearly written introduction for linguists and non-specialists alike, presenting basic facts about the role of language in the formation of identity and the preservation of culture. It articulates and explores categories of conflict and language rights abuses through detailed presentation of illustrative case studies, and distills from these key cross-linguistic and cross-cultural generalizations.
Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East
Title | Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | John Myhill |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | 311 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 902722711X |
This book discusses the historical record of the idea that language is associated with national identity, demonstrating that different applications of this idea have consistently produced certain types of results. Nationalist movements aimed at 'unification', based upon languages which vary greatly at the spoken level, e.g. German, Italian, Pan-Turkish and Arabic, have been associated with aggression, fascism and genocide, while those based upon relatively homogeneous spoken languages, e.g. Czech, Norwegian and Ukrainian, have resulted in national liberation and international stability. It is also shown that religion can be more important to national identity than language, but only for religious groups which were understood in premodern times to be national rather than universal or doctrinal, e.g. Jews, Armenians, Maronites, Serbs, Dutch and English; this is demonstrated with discussions of the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, the civil war in Lebanon and the breakup of Yugoslavia, the United Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Language and Identity
Title | Language and Identity PDF eBook |
Author | J. Joseph |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 281 |
Release | 2004-05-28 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 023050342X |
Offering a uniquely broad-based overview of the role of language choice in the construction of national, ethnic and religious identity, this textbook examines a wide range of specific cases from various parts of the world in order to arrive at some general principles concerning the links between language and identity. It will benefit students and researchers in a wide range of fields where identity is an important issue and who currently lack a single source to turn to for an overview of sociolinguistics.
Language - Nation - Identity
Title | Language - Nation - Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Elizaveta Khachaturyan |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | 185 |
Release | 2015-06-18 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1443879312 |
Is language one of the main components of national identity? How does it define one's national identity? Does its role change for each nation? These are the crucial questions that are explored in this volume, which describes the Nation-Identity dyad through the prism of language. The centuries-old theory on the role language plays in shaping national identity is discussed here in a new perspective appropriate to the 21st century. The analysis is provided from various points of view, and details changes in the relationship between these three elements (language, nation, and identity) in different historical, social and linguistic contexts. The book looks at several different languages in its analysis, such as English, Portuguese, French, Spanish and Italian. It brings together a wide variety of approaches to the linguistic educational system in a multilingual Africa and in countries with a rich migration history, like Australia and United States. It also discusses the role literature and textbooks play in shaping the sense of national belonging. The answers to the central questions described above are both highly individual and very general, but will, no doubt, stimulate the reader's reflection about 'me' and the 'other'.
Language and National Identity
Title | Language and National Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Leigh Oakes |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | 316 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 902721848X |
This book re-examines the relationship between language and national identity. Unlike many previous studies, it employs a comparative approach: France and Sweden have been chosen as case studies both for their similarities (e.g. both are member states of the European Union) as well as their important differences (e.g. France subscribes in principle to a civic model of national identity, whereas the basis of Swedish identity is undeniably ethnic). It is precisely differences such as these which allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the ethnolinguistic implications of some of the major challenges currently facing France, Sweden and other European countries: regionalism, immigration, European integration and globalization. The present volume benefits from the use of a multidisciplinary approach, and differs from others on the market because of the variety of methods of inquiry used. A series of societal analyses is complemented by an empirical component, bringing a more grounded understanding to the issue of language and national identity.
Language and National Identity in Africa
Title | Language and National Identity in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Simpson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 382 |
Release | 2008-02-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199286744 |
This book focuses on language, culture, and identity in nineteen countries in Africa. Leading specialists, mainly from Africa, describe national linguistic and political histories, assess the status of majority and minority languages, and consider the role of language in ethnic conflict.
Language and National Identity in Asia
Title | Language and National Identity in Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Simpson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 484 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Language and National Identity in Asia is a comprehensive introduction to the role of language in the construction and development of nations and national identities in Asia. Leading scholars from all over the world investigate the role languages have played and now play in the formation of the national and social identity in countries throughout South, East, and Southeast Asia. They consider the relation of the regions' languages to national, ethnic, and cultural identity, and examine the status of and interactions between majority, official, and minority languages. Illustrated with maps and accessibly written this book will interest all those concerned to understand the dynamics of social change in some of the most important countries in the world. It will appeal to all those studying, researching, or teaching issues in Asian society, language, and politics from a comparative perspective.