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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781779403321

Titolo

Discourses of endangerment [[electronic resource] ] : ideology and interest in the defence of languages / / edited by Alexandre Duchêne and Monica Heller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2007

ISBN

1-283-27149-4

9786613271495

1-4411-1117-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Advances in sociolinguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

HellerMonica

DuchêneAlexandre

Disciplina

306.44

417.7

Soggetti

Endangered languages

Linguistic change

Sociolinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1: Discourses of endangerment: Sociolinguistics, globalization and social order Monica Heller and Alexandre Duchene; Chapter 2: Defending diversity: Staking out a common global interest? Shaylih Muehlmann; Chapter 3: Indigenous language endangerment and the unfinished business of nation states Donna Patrick; Chapter 4: Discourses of endangerment: Contexts and consequences of essentializing discourses Alexandra Jaffe; Chapter 5: Who wants to save 'le patois d'Évoíéne'? Raphaël Maîltre and Marinette Matthey

Chapter 6: Frangais, acadien, acadjonne: Competing discourses on language preservation along the shores of the Baie Sainte-Marie Annette Boudreau and Use DuboisChapter 7: The future of Catalan: Language endangerment and nationalist discourses in Catalonia Joan Pujolar; Chapter 8: Language endangerment, war and peace in Ireland and Northern Ireland Tony Crowley; Chapter 9: Voices of endangerment: A language ideological debate on the Swedish language



Tommaso M. Milani

Chapter 10: Defending English in an English-dominant world: The Ideology of the 'Official English'movement in the United States Ronald Schmidt, SrChapter 11: Protecting French: The view from France Claudine Moïse; Chapter 12: Embracing diversity for the sake of unity: Linguistic hegemony and the pursuit of total Spanish José del Valle; Chapter 13: Language endangerment and verbal hygiene: History, morality and politics Deborah Cameron; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Current academic discussions and public debates about language frequently focus on the importance of defending languages against various kinds of dangers. Many of these current debates attach great importance to linguistic diversity. The debates focus on defending institutionalized languages against multilingualism, or conversely defending minority languages against the incursion of larger ones, especially the spread of English. In both cases, languages are constructed as autonomous wholes, held to need defending against attack. This book challenges such a view of language, to argue that the d

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830880403321

Autore

Friedberg Errol C.

Titolo

DNA Repair and Mutagenesis / / Errol C. Friedberg, [and many others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2014

ISBN

1-68367-188-0

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 1118 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

572.86459

Soggetti

Mutagenesis

DNA repair

DNA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

About the Authors -- Contents -- Preface -- PART 1 Sources and Consequences of DNA Damage -- PART 2 Correcting Altered Bases in



DNA: DNA Repair -- PART 3 DNA Damage Tolerance and Mutagenesis -- PART 4 Regulatory Responses to DNA Damage in Eukaryotes -- PART 5 Disease States Associated with Defective Biological Responses to DNA -- Damage -- Index -- Color Plates.

Sommario/riassunto

DNA Repair and Mutagenesis, 2nd Edition features more than 10,000 references and a text lavishly complemented by over 700 illustrations. It is a timely update to the original edition, an ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and an essential resource for all scientists researching cellular responses to DNA damage.