Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics
|
Buy Now
Contest of Language - Before and Beyond Nationalism (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,372
Discovery Miles 23 720
You Save: R839
(26%)
|
|
Contest of Language - Before and Beyond Nationalism (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
These essays, written by eminent scholars from diverse disciplines
and perspectives, consider various present-day and historical
efforts to make a language dominant through textual, institutional,
academic, and literary means. Contributors examine pressures to
elevate one language at the expense of another and the cultural and
intellectual consequences of that elevation. Essays by Seamus
Deane, Tony Crowley, and Peter McQuillan deal with aspects of the
suppression, survival, and revival of Irish language. W Martin
Bloomer, Theodore J Cachey Jr, and Richard Hunter apply modern
issues of the contest of language to Greek, Latin, and the
emergence of the vernacular in Europe. Haun Saussy discusses
differing conceptions of linguistic power implicit in
seventeenth-century attempts to construct schemes for universal
communication. Susan Blum analyzes the relationship between
minority and dominant language in China. Demitri Gutas describes
the lack of linguistic imperialism in the spread of Arabic. Joseph
Amar discusses the uses and fortunes of Syria. Vittorio Hosle
concludes the collection with an essay on the spread of English as
the 'universal language.' phenomenon will find this book
invaluable.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.