LEADER 03999nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910781779403321 005 20230721010321.0 010 $a1-283-27149-4 010 $a9786613271495 010 $a1-4411-1117-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000044777 035 $a(EBL)766023 035 $a(OCoLC)746853997 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522059 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12212551 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522059 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527570 035 $a(PQKB)10458373 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC766023 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL766023 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495171 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL327149 035 $a(OCoLC)893336030 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000044777 100 $a20061005d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDiscourses of endangerment$b[electronic resource] $eideology and interest in the defence of languages /$fedited by Alexandre Duche?ne and Monica Heller 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 225 1 $aAdvances in sociolinguistics 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84706-322-5 327 $aCover; 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'E?voi?e?ne'? Raphae?l Mai?ltre and Marinette Matthey 327 $aChapter 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 327 $aChapter 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 Moi?se; Chapter 12: Embracing diversity for the sake of unity: Linguistic hegemony and the pursuit of total Spanish Jose? del Valle; Chapter 13: Language endangerment and verbal hygiene: History, morality and politics Deborah Cameron; Index 330 $aCurrent academic discussions and public debates about language frequently focus on the importance of defending languages against various kinds of dangers. Many of these current debates attach great importance to linguistic diversity. The debates focus on defending institutionalized languages against multilingualism, or conversely defending minority languages against the incursion of larger ones, especially the spread of English. In both cases, languages are constructed as autonomous wholes, held to need defending against attack. This book challenges such a view of language, to argue that the d 410 0$aAdvances in sociolinguistics. 606 $aEndangered languages 606 $aLinguistic change 606 $aSociolinguistics$vCase studies 615 0$aEndangered languages. 615 0$aLinguistic change. 615 0$aSociolinguistics 676 $a306.44 676 $a417.7 701 $aHeller$b Monica$0466806 701 $aDuche?ne$b Alexandre$0954134 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781779403321 996 $aDiscourses of endangerment$93760295 997 $aUNINA