22.1400, Books: Sociolinguistics: Edwards

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Date: 23-Mar-2011
From: Paul Peranteau [paul at benjamins.com]
Subject: Minority Languages and Group Identity: Edwards

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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:05:00
From: Paul Peranteau [paul at benjamins.com]
Subject: Minority Languages and Group Identity: Edwards

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Title: Minority Languages and Group Identity 
Subtitle: Cases and Categories 
Series Title: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society 27  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=Impact%2027 

Author: John Edwards

Paperback: ISBN:  9789027218698 Pages: 231 Price: ----  33.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9789027218698 Pages: 231 Price: ----  49.95

Abstract:

Please Note: This is a new version of a previously announced text.

The central concern in this book is the relationship between language and
group identity, a relationship that is thrown into greatest relief in
'minority' settings. Since much of the current interest in minority
languages revolves around issues of identity politics, language rights and
the plight of 'endangered' languages, one aim of the book is to summarise
and analyse these and other pivotal themes. Furthermore, since the
uniqueness of every language-contact situation does not rest upon unique
elements or features - but, rather, upon the particular weightings and
combinations of features that recur across settings - the second aim here
is to provide a general descriptive framework within which a wide range of
contact settings may be more easily understood. The book thus begins with a
discussion of such matters as language decline, maintenance and revival,
the dynamics of minority languages, and the ecology of language. It then
offers a typological framework that draws and expands upon previous
categorising efforts. Finally, the book presents four case studies that are
both intrinsically interesting and - more importantly - provide specific
illustrations of the generalities discussed earlier. 

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Table of contents

Chapter 1. An introductory overview  1-14  
Chapter 2. Languages in contact and conflict I: Small languages and their
maintenance  15-36  
Chapter 3. Languages in contact and conflict II: Language decline, revival
and the 'new' ecology  37-56  
Chapter 4. Parochialism and intercourse  57-72  
Chapter 5. Towards a typology ?of minority-language settings  73-104  
Chapter 6. Irish  105-128  
Chapter 7. Gaelic in Scotland  129-148  
Chapter 8. Gaelic in Nova Scotia  149-172  
Chapter 9. Esperanto  173-194  
Epilogue  195-206  
References  207-228  
Index  207-228  

"John Edwards is argumentative, insightful, and no respecter of orthodoxy.
The book challenges and unsettles." 
Colin Baker, University of Bangor 

"Another masterpiece from the pen of John Edwards who continues to provide
insight into the vitality and life of minority languages around the world!
This time, he cleverly analyzes the state of certain endangered and
constructed languages. In doing so, and while drawing on other related
issues (particularly group identity), Edwards provides us with a convincing
and cohesive framework that adds much-needed clarity as to what we mean by,
and what constitutes, language maintenance. As ever, he writes engagingly
and powerfully. This is a "must read" for seasoned scholars and students
alike." 
Howard Giles, University of California, Santa Barbara 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Contact
                     Language Planning
                     Sociolinguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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