Linguistic Ecology and Language Contact
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Linguistic Ecology and Language Contact

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Contributions from an international team of experts revisit and update the concept of linguistic ecology in order to critically examine current theoretical approaches to language contact. Language is understood as a part of complex socio-historical-cultural systems, and interaction between the different dimensions and levels of these systems is considered to be essential for specific language forms. This book presents a uniform, abstract model of linguistic ecology based on, among other things, two concepts of Edmund Husserl's philosophy (parts and wholes, and foundation). It considers the individual speaker in the specific communication situation to be the essential heuristic basis of linguistic analysis. The chapters present and employ a new, transparent and accessible contact linguistic vocabulary to aid reader comprehension, and explore a wide range of language contact situations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. This book will be fascinating reading for students and researchers across contact linguistics and cultural studies.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781316484890
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Historical & Comparative Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series information
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Contents
  7. Figures
  8. Tables
  9. Contributors
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Part I Introduction and Theoretical Frame
  12. Part II On the Ecology of Speaker and Space: from Situational to Intermediate Ecology
  13. Part III On the Ecology of Space and Time: Traditions in the Formation of Macro-ecologies
  14. Part IV On the Ecology of Language and Speaker: the Hybridization of Language and Discourse
  15. Part V The Multiplicity of Ecological Parameters: Echoing the Theoretical Frame and Going Beyond
  16. References
  17. Index