Language more important than land - academic (fwd link)

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

P.P.S. to my post:  
 
Hardman, M. J. (1994) "'And if we lose our names, then what about our
land?', or, what price development?" in L. H. Turner and H. M. Sterk (eds)
Differences that Make a Difference: Examining the Assumptions in Gender
Research (pp. 152-161). Westport & London: Bergin & Garvey.
 
http://plaza.ufl.edu/hardman/DTPacket/linguisticpostulate.pdf    in the .pdf
format it is pages 34-39(equals 151-161)
 
 
wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
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Thank you, Bernadette Adley-SantaMaria

I recommend Hardman's article below where, through studying Jaqaru, she
explains how land is indeed, as you point out, intertwined with language
(both  being parts of the whole): if you lose one, you lose the other.
Hardman also demonstrates how English, especially the English cultural
thinking as manifested its three major linguistic postulates, can often do
damage to the indigenous/local. One of the English postulates Hardman
identifies is "ranking through comparative/absolute," which the original
article in question here exemplifies very well for us: "Language (is) more
important than land!" Really, what's the point of ranking the importance of
language against the importance of land anyway??? Many English users,
unfortunately, seem unable to escape such ranking mentality.

Hardman, M. J. (1994) "'And if we lose our names, then what about our
land?', or, what price development?" in L. H. Turner and H. M. Sterk (eds)
Differences that Make a Difference: Examining the Assumptions in Gender
Research (pp. 152-161). Westport & London: Bergin & Garvey.

Let me or Dr. Hardman know if you can't find a copy. I believe she wouldn't
mind sharing.

 

Chun (Jimmy) Huang

Siraya of Taiwan

Assistant Professor, University of Guam

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