Ecolinguistics

Author : Arran Stibbe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317511905
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecolinguistics written by Arran Stibbe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasingly rapid destruction of the ecological systems that support life is calling into question some of the fundamental stories that we live by: stories of unlimited economic growth, of consumerism, progress, individualism, success, and the human domination of nature. Ecolinguistics shows how linguistic analysis can help reveal the stories we live by, open them up to question, and contribute to the search for new stories. Bringing together the latest ecolinguistic studies with new theoretical insights and practical analyses, this book charts a new course for ecolinguistics as an engaged form of critical enquiry. Featuring: A framework for understanding the theory of ecolinguistics and applying it practically in real life; Exploration of diverse topics from consumerism in lifestyle magazines to Japanese nature haiku; A comprehensive glossary giving concise descriptions of the linguistic terms used in the book; Discourse analysis of a wide range of texts including newspapers, magazines, advertisements, films, nonfiction books, and visual images. This is essential reading for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working in the areas of Discourse Analysis and Language and Ecology.

Author : Alwin F. Fill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131741800X
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics written by Alwin F. Fill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics is the first comprehensive exploration into the field of ecolinguistics, also known as language ecology. Organized into three sections that treat the different topic areas of ecolinguistics, the Handbook begins with chapters on language diversity, language minorities and language endangerment, with authors providing insight into the link between the loss of languages and the loss of species. It continues with an overview of the role of language and discourse in describing, concealing, and helping to solve environmental problems. With discussions on new orientations and topics for further exploration in the field, chapters in the last section show ecolinguistics as a pacesetter into a new scientific age. This Handbook is an excellent resource for students and researchers interested in language and the environment, language contact, and beyond.

Author : Alwin Fill
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1847140831
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecolinguistics Reader written by Alwin Fill and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago a new linguistic paradigm was created when Einar Haugen combined language with ecology. For Haugen, 'the ecology of language' meant the study of the interrelations between languages in the human mind and in the multilingual community. Since then a special branch of linguistics, named Ecolinguistics, has developed in which the connection between language and ecology has been established in a variety of ways and using a multitude of methods and approaches. In addition to the original ecolinguistic topics of language interrelation, language endangerment and language pressure, Ecolinguistics Reader also gives due consideration to the themes of biological and linguistic diversity as well as the ecocritical aspect.

Author : Robert Poole
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350138576
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpus-Assisted Ecolinguistics written by Robert Poole and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corpus-Assisted Ecolinguistics introduces and integrates key research concepts, principles and techniques in ecolinguistics and corpus-assisted discourse study, answering foundational questions for researchers new to the discipline and asserting the urgent need to expand its scope. Breaking new ground, the book analyzes under-explored environmental discourses that have a tangible impact on ecological wellbeing and sustainability by perpetuating harmful attitudes, practices and ideologies. Chapters present in-depth case studies, including an analysis of the evolving representations of wilderness, an eco-stylistic analysis of a popular novel, and an investigation of the use of humor in reports on animal escapes from slaughterhouses. The studies employ a range of corpus analysis techniques to show how ecological degradation and crisis have become normalized, and even trivialized, in popular discourse but also spaces where positive discourse practices are present. By applying tools from corpus linguistics to a diverse range of environmental discourses, this book makes a significant contribution to advancing the field of ecolinguistics.

Author : Adam Makkai
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecolinguistics written by Adam Makkai and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1993 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecolinguistics recognizes the fact that different words mean different things to different people and that these differences in meaning for any given word correlate with the speaker's sex, age, education and kind of work, as well as the speaker's regional dialect. Variationism and a lack of absolute standards are not incidentals as grammatical theory construction, but are the norm for all known languages.

Author : Alwin Fill
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825898588
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustaining Language written by Alwin Fill and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2007 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can language diversity be sustained on this Earth? Can the resource language be used in a sustainable way? The essays in this volume address language loss in the age of globalization and discuss how language construes our view of Nature and Environment. The volume is also a plea for using an ecolinguistic perspective in school teaching.

Author : Jason Goulah
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135011510X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book TESOL and Sustainability written by Jason Goulah and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the burgeoning field of ecolinguistics, little attention has been given to the ways in which English language teaching is and has become implicated in global ecological crises. This book begins a dialogue about the opportunities and responsibilities presented to the TESOL field to re-orient professional practice in ways that drive cultural change and engender alternate language practices and metaphors. Covering a diverse range of topics, including anthropogenic climate change, habitat loss, food insecurity and mass migration, chapters argue that such crises require not only technological innovation, but also cultural changes in how human beings relate to each other and their environment. Arguing that it is incumbent upon the field of English language teaching to reckon with such cultural changes in how and what we teach, TESOL and Sustainability addresses the ways in which discourses such as eco-pedagogy, the critique of neo-liberalism, non-Western philosophy and post-humanist thought can and must inform how and what is taught in ESL and EFL classrooms.

Author : Ralph Ludwig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110704135X
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Ecology and Language Contact written by Ralph Ludwig and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book revisits and updates the concept of linguistic ecology, outlining applications to a variety of contact situations worldwide.

Author : M. Cristina Caimotto
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030440265
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discourses of Cycling, Road Users and Sustainability written by M. Cristina Caimotto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book employs a Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) framework to examine cycling mobility, marking a new turn in ecolinguistic discourse analysis. The author focuses specifically on environment-related arguments concerning the promotion of higher levels of cycling, mainly as a means of transport, and investigates the “US vs. “THEM” narratives present in many discourses about road users. Analysing newspaper articles, institutional documents and spoken interviews, the author searches for a positive new discourse that would inspire and encourage cycling as a habitual means of transport, rather than simply exposing ecologically destructive discourse. The book will be of interest to scholars of discourse and ecolinguistics, as well as contributing to the lively debate about how to increase cycling in fields such as sustainability, sociology, transport planning and management.

Author : Marta Bogusławska-Tafelska
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527534014
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Communication as a Life Process, Volume Two written by Marta Bogusławska-Tafelska and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of texts authored by an international team of linguistic scholars who provide their response to the concept of 21st century holism in language studies. The expertise of its contributors is reflected in the thematic scope of the book; it discusses topics such as the concept of harmony in interpersonal communication, semiotic and cultural phenomena handled by discourse analysis, selected aspects of religious discourse, and the study of proverbs or educational processes, to name but a few. 21st century holism embraces a solid theoretical base in post-Newtonian physics (quantum theory in particular), and departs from materialistic and atomistic perspectives based on Darwinism or cognitivism, however tempted we may be to allow the inertia of these in Western science and culture. Once a scholar decides to shift their paradigmatic perspective, thinking style, and research methodology, they start to co-build a collective mental representation herein referred to as ‘the culture of consciousness’.