Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Rim (The Politics of Language Series)
by Peter Mühlhäusler
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语言生态学：环太平洋地区的语言变迁和语言帝国主义
（语言政治学丛书）
在这本书中，作者考察了太平洋语言地区在殖民、西化和现代化影响下的变化。到目前为止，太平洋语言学一直被历史重建和语言类型学的问题所主导，该书通过关注过去200年的语言和社会历史的变迁，旨在为太平洋语言学的研究带来一个新的维度。不同于将语言变化描述为自然过程的传统，作者关注的是推动语言变化的文化和历史力量。In this book, the author examines the transformation of the Pacific language region under the impact of colonization, westernization and modernization. By focusing on the linguistic and socio-historical changes of the past 200 years, it aims to bring a new dimension to the study of Pacific linguistics, which up until now has been dominated by questions of historical reconstruction and language typology. In contrast to the traditional portrayal of linguistic change as a natural process, the author focuses on the cultural and historical forces which drive language change. Using the metaphor of language ecology to explain and describe the complex interplay between languages, speakers and social practice, the author looks at how language ecologies have functioned in the past to sustain language diversity, and, at what happens when those ecologies are disrupted. Whilst most of the examples used in the book are taken from the Pacific and Australian region, the insights derived from this area are shown to have global applications. The text should be useful for linguists and all those interested in the large scale loss of human language.
Categories:Linguistics
Year:1995
Edition:416
Language:english
Pages:416 / 411
ISBN 10:0415056357
ISBN 13:9780203317976
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