Languages in Competition
Title | Languages in Competition PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald Wardhaugh |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Studie over de factoren die meespelen bij de verspreiding van een taal en de conflicten die ontstaan tussen wereldwijd belangrijke talen, met als voorbeeld de Engelse en de Franse taal
Languages in Competition
Title | Languages in Competition PDF eBook |
Author | Herbert Igboanusi |
Publisher | Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
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Using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, the authors investigate the issue of language conflict situations in Nigeria resulting from the contact of Nigeria's indigenous languages with one another as well as with English and Pidgin English. The study captures patterns of language preference with the help of a survey of language attitudes and loyalties covering five Nigerian states. This book provides essential material for researchers and students in Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics as well as for educationists and language policy specialists.
Language Conflict and Language Rights
Title | Language Conflict and Language Rights PDF eBook |
Author | William D. Davies |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 451 |
Release | 2018-08-09 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1108655475 |
As the colonial hegemony of empire fades around the world, the role of language in ethnic conflict has become increasingly topical, as have issues concerning the right of speakers to choose and use their preferred language(s). Such rights are often asserted and defended in response to their being violated. The importance of understanding these events and issues, and their relationship to individual, ethnic, and national identity, is central to research and debate in a range of fields outside of, as well as within, linguistics. This book provides a clearly written introduction for linguists and non-specialists alike, presenting basic facts about the role of language in the formation of identity and the preservation of culture. It articulates and explores categories of conflict and language rights abuses through detailed presentation of illustrative case studies, and distills from these key cross-linguistic and cross-cultural generalizations.
When Languages Collide
Title | When Languages Collide PDF eBook |
Author | Brian D. Joseph |
Publisher | Ohio State University Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780814209134 |
Competition and Variation in Natural Languages
Title | Competition and Variation in Natural Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Mengistu Amberber |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 375 |
Release | 2005-06-30 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0080459773 |
This volume combines different perspectives on case-marking: (1) typological and descriptive approaches of various types and instances of case-marking in the languages of the world as well as comparison with languages that express similar types of relations without morphological case-marking; (2) formal analyses in different theoretical frameworks of the syntactic, semantic, and morphological properties of case-marking; (3) a historical approach of case-marking; (4) a psycholinguistic approach of case-marking. Although there are a number of publications on case related issues, there is no volume such as the present one, which exclusively looks at case marking, competition and variation from a cross-linguistic perspective and within the context of different contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of language. In addition to chapters with broad conceptual orientation, the volume offers detailed empirical studies of case in a number of diverse languages including: Amharic, Basque, Dutch, Hindi, Japanese, Kuuk Thaayorre, Malagasy and Yurakaré. The volume will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in the cognitive sciences, general linguistics, typology, historical linguistics, formal linguistics, and psycholinguistics. The book will interest scholars working within the context of formal syntactic and semantic theories as it provides insight into the properties of case from a cross-linguistic perspective. The book also will be of interest to cognitive scientists interested in the relationship between meaning and grammar, in particular, and the human mind's capacity in the mapping of meaning onto grammar, in general.
Language and Law
Title | Language and Law PDF eBook |
Author | Silvia Marino |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2018-10-30 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 3319909053 |
The book provides an overview of EU competition law with a focus on the main developments in Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland and Croatia and offers an in-depth analysis of the role of language, translation and multilingualism in its implementation and interpretation. The first part of the book focuses on the main developments in EU competition law in action, which includes legislation, case law and praxis. This part can be divided into two subparts: the private enforcement of EU competition law, and the cooperation among enforcers, i.e. the EU Commission, the national competition authorities and the national courts. Language is of paramount importance in the enforcement of EU competition law, and as such, the second part highlights legal linguistic skills, showcasing the advantages and the challenges of multilingualism, especially in the context of the predominant use of English as the EU drafting and vehicular language. The volume brings together contributions prepared and presented as part of the EU-funded research project “Training Action for Legal Practitioners: Linguistic Skills and Translation in EU Competition Law".
The Oxford Handbook of Language Attrition
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Language Attrition PDF eBook |
Author | Monika S. Schmid |
Publisher | Oxford Handbooks |
Pages | 657 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0198793596 |
This volume is the first handbook dedicated to language attrition, the study of how a speaker's language may be affected by crosslinguistic interference and non-use. Topics covered include theoretical implications, psycho- and neurolinguistic approaches, linguistic and extralinguistic factors, L2 attrition, and heritage languages.