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Language and Nationality - Social Inferences, Cultural Differences, and Linguistic Misconceptions (Hardcover)
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Language and Nationality - Social Inferences, Cultural Differences, and Linguistic Misconceptions (Hardcover)
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What role does language play in the formation and perpetuation of
our ideas about nationality and other social categories? And what
role does it play in the formation and perpetuation of nations
themselves, and of other human groups? Language and Nationality
considers these questions and examines the consequences of the
notion that a language and a nationality are intrinsically
connected. Pietro Bortone illustrates how our use of language
reveals more about us than we think, is constantly judged, and
marks group insiders and group outsiders. Casting doubt on several
assumptions common among academics and non-academics alike, he
highlights how languages significantly differ among themselves in
structure, vocabulary, and social use, in ways that are often
untranslatable and can imply a particular culture. Nevertheless, he
argues, this does not warrant the way language has been used for
promoting a national outlook and for teaching us to identify with a
nation. Above all, the common belief that languages indicate
nationalities reflects our intellectual and political history, and
has had a tremendous social cost. Bortone elucidates how the
development of standardized national languages - while having
merits - has fostered an unrealistic image of nations and has
created new social inequalities. He also shows how it has obscured
the history of many languages, artificially altered their
fundamental features, and distorted the public understanding of
what a language is.
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