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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456977203321

Titolo

Language contact and language conflict [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin Pütz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1994

ISBN

90-272-8577-2

9786613092656

1-283-09265-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PützMartin <1955->

Disciplina

306.4/4

Soggetti

Languages in contact

Linguistic minorities

Language and culture

Sociolinguistics

Bilingualism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

LANGUAGE CONTACT AND LANGUAGE CONFLICT; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: Theoretical orientations: The interaction of language and culture; Radical cultural difference: Anthropology's myth?; Culture, cognition, and grammar; Areal influence on grammaticalization; 'Cultural scripts': A new approach to the study of cross-cultural communication; Language and cross-cultural communication; Communication disruptions: On benefits and disadvantages of language contact

Part II: Case studies: The manipulation of languagein intercultural contactEuropean languages in African society and culture: A view on cultural authenticity; The context of language planning in Africa: An illustration with Nigeria; A prognosis for language management in the Third Republic; Revalorizing the autochthonous languages of Africa; Cultural variation in the interrelation of speech acts and turn-taking; Intercultural contact and communication in South-east Papua New Guinea; Towards an independent and ethnically pure Flanders; Subject



Index

Sommario/riassunto

The selected articles compiled in the present volume are based on contributions prepared for the 17th International L.A.U.D. (Linguistic Agency University of Duisburg) Symposium held at the University of Duisburg on 23-27 March 1992. The 13 papers in this book focus on problems and issues of intercultural communication. The first part is devoted to theoretical aspects related to the interaction of language and culture and deals with the issue from anthropological, cognitive, and linguistic points of view. Part II raises issues of language policy and language planning such as the manipulation o