EAN: 9781107041356

LINGUISTIC ECOLOGY AND LANGUAGE CONTACT - RALPH...

Contributions from an international team of experts revisit and update the concept of
linguistic ecology in order to critically examine current theoretical approaches to language
contact. Language is understood as a part of complex socio-historical-cultural systems  and
interaction between the different dimensions and levels of these systems is considered to be
essential for specific language forms. This book presents a uniform  abstract model of
linguistic ecology based on  among other things  two concepts of Edmund Husserl's philosophy
(parts and wholes  and foundation). It considers the individual speaker in the specific
communication situation to be the essential heuristic basis of linguistic analysis. The
chapters present and employ a new  transparent and accessible contact linguistic vocabulary to
aid reader comprehension  and explore a wide range of language contact situations in Europe 
Africa  the Middle East  Latin America  Asia and the Pacific. This book will be fascinating
reading for students and researchers across contact linguistics and cultural studies.

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