Contest of Language : Before And Beyond Nationalism

Bloomer, W. Martin (EDT); Bloomer, M. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0268021910 / ISBN 13: 9780268021917

Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006

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Inhaltsangabe:

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. Specific essays apply this theme of the contest of language to the suppression, survival, and revival of the Irish language; to Greek, Latin, and the emergence of the vernacular in Europe; to the relationship between minority and dominant language in China; and to the lack of linguistic imperialism in the spread of Arabic, among other fascinating topics.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

W. Martin Bloomer is associate professor of classics at the University of Notre Dame.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Contest of Language : Before And Beyond ...
Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: As New