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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/4
• Soggetto topico: Languages in contact; Linguistic minorities; Language and culture; Sociolinguistics; Bilingualism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PützMartin <1955->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Language contact and language conflict
• ISBN: 90-272-8577-2; 9786613092656; 1-283-09265-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456977203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II