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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451292103321

Autore

Mac Giolla Chriost Diarmait <1965->

Titolo

Language, identity, and conflict [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative study of language in ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia / / Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-51201-5

1-134-51202-3

1-280-06471-4

0-203-63438-1

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 6

Disciplina

306.44/089

Soggetti

Anthropological linguistics

Sociolinguistics

Ethnicity

Ethnic conflict

Language policy

Language planning

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Initial theoretical interrogations; Language and society; Ethnic identity; Language in ethnicity; Borders and frontiers; Histories and geographies of the nation-state; Language and ethnic frontiers; Landscapes and institutions; Map, mythology and environment; Virtuality and propinquity; Conflicts; Language movements, ethnic mobilisation and the state; Language conflict and language in conflict; Resolutions; Beyond conflict; Globalities: comparative issues in extra-European thetres; Conclusions; Bibliography

Index

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a



response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science. Using examples of language policy and planning in conflict situations, it examines the functions of language as a marker of identity in ethnic conflict, and the extent to which language may be a causal factor in ethnic conflict.