TY - BOOK ID - 78343993 TI - Language and Nation : Crossroads and Connections AU - Barstad, Guri Ellen AU - Hjelde, Arnstein AU - Kvam, Sigmund AU - Parianou, Anastasia AU - Todd, John PY - 2016 SN - 3830984979 9783830984979 9783830934974 3830934971 PB - Mùˆnster Waxmann DB - UniCat KW - Language KW - nation KW - migration KW - literature KW - Europe KW - interdisciplinary KW - Scandinavia KW - GDR KW - Front National KW - Canada KW - Brexit KW - Eloy Alfaro KW - Eurolect KW - Norway KW - Sprache KW - Linguistik KW - DDR KW - fremd KW - Europa KW - translation KW - Germanistik KW - Vergleichende und interkulturelle Sprachwissenschaft KW - Kultursoziologie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78343993 AB - Studies on the relation between language, identity and nation (building) represent a long tradition in linguistic, cultural and political research. In this interdisciplinary anthology, we focus on different aspects of how language is used to shape a nation; by retaining a national identity in the context of emigration, by measures taken to change an existing nation into a new one, by introducing a discourse designed to re-establish a putatively lost nation. Finally, we discuss how nation and identity are shaped in a modern multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-cultural society. The anthology contains articles in English, French and German from political science, history, linguistics, literature and translatology and is written by researchers based in Finland, Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom. Overall, I found the volume very interesting for various reasons. First, each contribution gives access to a complex context, being accessible without being simplistic. This facilitates international comparisons among the contexts described by contributors, as between these and readers' research context background. Second, through its international scope, Language and Nation. Crossroads and Connections covers the various dimensions of how language may be linked to nation. Third, the detailed historical and national backgrounds enable to situate contemporary national identity issues. Fourth, the written attention to readers makes this volume accessible to a wide audience, from undergraduate students to senior scholars, and including the experts interesting in understanding nation and identity building in the concerned contexts. -- ER -