37.883, Books: Critical Ecolinguistics Within Singapore, 'the Garden City': LeVasseur (ed.) (2026)

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Date: 25-Feb-2026
From: Lucy Trotter [lucy.trotter at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Critical Ecolinguistics Within Singapore, 'the Garden City': LeVasseur (ed.) (2026)


Title: Critical Ecolinguistics Within Singapore, 'the Garden City'
Series Title: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
           http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/critical-ecolinguistics-within-singapore-the-garden-city-9781350438491/

Editor(s): Todd LeVasseur

Hardback, ISBN: 9781350438491, Price: £95.00

Abstract:

This book offers a critical ecolinguistics case study of an entire
city nation, Singapore, and of the stories told about and by it
internationally in relation to its efforts of sustainability, response
to climate change, and commitment to ecomodernity.
It explores several key questions: How will humans live in urban areas
in the decades to come? How will these efforts be impacted by climate
change and how will cities adapt? What discourses about nature are
present in cities, and how will these discourses influence and impact
efforts towards sustainable urban living during climate change?
The methods of the book can also be applied to analyzing the
un/sustainability of other urban areas in the world from the
perspective of ecolinguistics, better equipping planners of all types
with a more nuanced understanding of the role language and discourse
plays in shaping human/nature interactions in urban areas during times
of rapid climate change.
The authors offer insights into contemporary issues around sustainable
urbanism, the role of discourses in conceptualizing and advocating for
sustainability, methods on how to apply an ecolinguistical lens to
various 'texts' that constitute a nation city, and an understanding of
how various discourses may promote or impede climate resiliency and
adaptation.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics




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