The French Language and National Identity (1930–1975)

The French Language and National Identity (1930–1975)
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9783110809947
ISBN-13 : 311080994X
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Synopsis The French Language and National Identity (1930–1975) by : David C. Gordon

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

The French Language and National Identity (1930-1975)

The French Language and National Identity (1930-1975)
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Publisher : Hague : Mouton
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015001691651
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Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The French Language and National Identity (1930-1975) by : David C. Gordon

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Language and National Identity

Language and National Identity
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 9789027297648
ISBN-13 : 9027297649
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Language and National Identity by : Leigh Oakes

This book re-examines the relationship between language and national identity. Unlike many previous studies, it employs a comparative approach: France and Sweden have been chosen as case studies both for their similarities (e.g. both are member states of the European Union) as well as their important differences (e.g. France subscribes in principle to a civic model of national identity, whereas the basis of Swedish identity is undeniably ethnic). It is precisely differences such as these which allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the ethnolinguistic implications of some of the major challenges currently facing France, Sweden and other European countries: regionalism, immigration, European integration and globalization.The present volume benefits from the use of a multidisciplinary approach, and differs from others on the market because of the variety of methods of inquiry used. A series of societal analyses is complemented by an empirical component, bringing a more grounded understanding to the issue of language and national identity.

The French Language Today

The French Language Today
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 9781136903281
ISBN-13 : 1136903283
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The French Language Today by : Adrian Battye

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the French language from the perspective of modern linguistics. Features include a further reading guide at the end of each chapter, a glossary of linguistic terms, a bibliography and index.

Language Policy and National Unity

Language Policy and National Unity
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Publisher : Government Institutes
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 0865980586
ISBN-13 : 9780865980587
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Language Policy and National Unity by : William R. Beer

The central focus of each chapter is language policy and how it accomplishes-or fails to accomplish-the task of maintaining national unity in the face of linguistic diversity. Included among the nations considered are examples of postcolonial cultures, as well as nations that have sheltered linguistic minorities within their borders throughout their history, countries fragmented into tribal groups, and those divided by a plethora of local dialects.

Popular Culture in Modern France

Popular Culture in Modern France
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 9781134981991
ISBN-13 : 1134981996
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Popular Culture in Modern France by : Brian Rigby

`Culture' is one of the most frequently used terms in the French vocabulary. It sells not only books, newspapers and magazines but also consumer products and political parties. But what are the meanings of `culture populaire'? What have the French understood by it, and what is its history? Brian Rigby's lively and cogent study traces changing notions of popular culture in France, from 1936 - the year of the Popular Front - to the present day. Asking why `culture' has become such a fiercely contested term, Rigby considers the work of the major French theorists, including Barthes, Bourdieu and Baudrillard.

The Bilingual Family

The Bilingual Family
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 16
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ISBN-10 : 9780521004640
ISBN-13 : 0521004640
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bilingual Family by : Edith Harding-Esch

This is the second edition of the best-selling book that has provided practical advice to thousands of parents who want their children to grow up bilingual. It still gives parents up-to-date information and advice they need to make informed decisions about what language policy to adopt with their children. This new edition also looks at cases of single-parent families with bilingual children, as well as schooling and bi-literacy issues. The authors help parents identify the factors that will influence their decision to bring up their children as bilinguals. The second part consists of case studies of bilingual families, which illustrate a wide range of different solutions . The third part is an alphabetical reference guide providing answers to the most frequently asked questions about bilingualism. Bringing up bilingual children is a challenge and this book helps parents meet that challenge.

Reinventing Community

Reinventing Community
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781351195737
ISBN-13 : 1351195735
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Reinventing Community by : Jane Hiddlestone

"During recent years critics have increasingly expressed their loss of faith in existing cultural and political collective frameworks, drawing attention instead to irreducible singularity and to radical incommensurability between diverse positions or groups. Hiddleston analyses and challenges this trend, bringing together political, theoretical and literary analysis and juxtaposing the works of critical theorists such as Derrida, Lyotard and Nancy with literature by writers of North African immigrant origin. She presents a critique of those writers who underline the absence of communal identification, proposes a new emphasis on relational networks interconnecting diverse cultural groups, and argues for a more subtle understanding of the complex interplay of the singular and the collective in contemporary French writing."

Revivalistics

Revivalistics
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780190097035
ISBN-13 : 0190097035
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Revivalistics by : Ghil'ad Zuckermann

In this book, Ghil'ad Zuckermann introduces revivalistics, a new trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation, revitalization, and reinvigoration. Applying lessons from the Hebrew revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to contemporary endangered languages, Zuckermann takes readers along a fascinating and multifaceted journey into language revival and provides new insights into language genesis. Beginning with a critical analysis of Israeli-the language resulting from the Hebrew revival-Zuckermann's radical theory contradicts conventional accounts of the Hebrew revival and challenges the family tree model of historical linguistics. Revivalistics demonstrates how grammatical cross-fertilization with the revivalists' mother tongues is inevitable in the case of successful "revival languages." The second part of the book then applies these lessons from the Israeli language to revival movements in Australia and globally, describing the "why" and "how" of revivalistics. With examples from the Barngarla Aboriginal language of South Australia, Zuckermann proposes ethical, aesthetic, and utilitarian reasons for language revival and offers practical methods for reviving languages. Based on years of the author's research, fieldwork, and personal experience with language revivals all over the globe, Revivalistics offers ground-breaking theoretical and pragmatic contributions to the field of language reclamation, revitalization, and reinvigoration.

Scientific Babel

Scientific Babel
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 9780226000299
ISBN-13 : 022600029X
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Scientific Babel by : Michael D. Gordin

English is the language of science today. No matter which languages you know, if you want your work seen, studied, and cited, you need to publish in English. But that hasn’t always been the case. Though there was a time when Latin dominated the field, for centuries science has been a polyglot enterprise, conducted in a number of languages whose importance waxed and waned over time—until the rise of English in the twentieth century. So how did we get from there to here? How did French, German, Latin, Russian, and even Esperanto give way to English? And what can we reconstruct of the experience of doing science in the polyglot past? With Scientific Babel, Michael D. Gordin resurrects that lost world, in part through an ingenious mechanism: the pages of his highly readable narrative account teem with footnotes—not offering background information, but presenting quoted material in its original language. The result is stunning: as we read about the rise and fall of languages, driven by politics, war, economics, and institutions, we actually see it happen in the ever-changing web of multilingual examples. The history of science, and of English as its dominant language, comes to life, and brings with it a new understanding not only of the frictions generated by a scientific community that spoke in many often mutually unintelligible voices, but also of the possibilities of the polyglot, and the losses that the dominance of English entails. Few historians of science write as well as Gordin, and Scientific Babel reveals his incredible command of the literature, language, and intellectual essence of science past and present. No reader who takes this linguistic journey with him will be disappointed.