04033nam 2200673Ia 450 991045681360332120200520144314.01-283-27149-497866132714951-4411-1117-4(CKB)2550000000044777(EBL)766023(OCoLC)746853997(SSID)ssj0000522059(PQKBManifestationID)12212551(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522059(PQKBWorkID)10527570(PQKB)10458373(MiAaPQ)EBC766023(Au-PeEL)EBL766023(CaPaEBR)ebr10495171(CaONFJC)MIL327149(OCoLC)893336030(EXLCZ)99255000000004477720061005d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiscourses of endangerment[electronic resource] ideology and interest in the defence of languages /edited by Alexandre Duchêne and Monica HellerLondon ;New York Continuumc20071 online resource (301 p.)Advances in sociolinguisticsIncludes index.1-84706-322-5 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 MattheyChapter 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. MilaniChapter 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; IndexCurrent 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 dAdvances in sociolinguistics.Endangered languagesLinguistic changeSociolinguisticsCase studiesElectronic books.Endangered languages.Linguistic change.Sociolinguistics306.44417.7Heller Monica466806Duchêne Alexandre954134MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456813603321Discourses of endangerment2157707UNINA