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Code switching (Linguistics) --- Language obsolescence --- Sociolinguistics --- Congresses --- East Africa --- -Language obsolescence --- -Sociolinguistics --- -Language and languages --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Language death --- Obsolescence of languages --- Historical linguistics --- Endangered languages --- Extinct languages --- Language shift --- Switching (Linguistics) --- Bilingualism --- Diglossia (Linguistics) --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Obsolescence --- Africa [East ] --- Language obsolescence - Africa, East - Congresses. --- Code switching (Linguistics) - Africa, East - Congresses. --- Sociolinguistics - Africa, East - Congresses. --- Script switching (Linguistics)
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of endangered languages with a global coverage. It features such well-known specialists as Michael Krauss, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Denny Moore, Colette Grinevald, Akira Yamamoto, Roger Blench, Bruce Connell, Tapani Salminen, Olga Kazakevich, Aleksandr Kibrik, Jonathan Owens, David Bradley, George van Driem, Nicholas Evans, Stephen A. Wurm, Darrell Tryon and Matthias Brenzinger. The contributions are unique in analysing the present extent and the various kinds of language endangerment by applying shared general indicators for the assessment of language endangerment. Apart from presenting the specific situations of language endangerment at the sub-continental level, the volume discusses major issues that bear universally on language endangerment. The actual study of endangered languages is carefully examined, for example, against the ethics and pragmatics of fieldwork. Practical aspects of community involvement in language documentation are discussed, such as the setting up of local archives and the training of local linguists. Numerous case studies illustrate different language shift environments with specific replacing factors, such as colonial and religious conquests, migrations and governmental language education. The book is of interest to students and scholars of linguistics with particular focus on endangered languages (and their documentation), typology, and sociolinguistics as well as to anthropologists and language activists.
Language attrition. --- Bedrohte Sprache. --- Endangered languages. --- Feldforschung. --- Spracherhaltung. --- Sprachwissenschaft /Sonstige Sprache. --- fieldwork. --- language documentation. --- preservation. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. --- Language loss --- Bilingualism --- Sociolinguistics --- Compétence linguistique --- Perte --- Language attrition
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Language and languages --- Language obsolescence --- Languages in contact --- Linguistic minorities
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The Body in Language: Comparative studies of Linguistic Embodiment provides new insights into the theory of linguistic embodiment in its universal and cultural aspects. The contributions of the volume offer theoretical reflections on grammaticalization, lexical semantics, philosophy, multimodal communication and - by discussing metaphorization and metonymy in figurative language - on cognitive linguistics in general. Case studies contribute first-hand data on embodiment from more than 15 languages and present findings on the body in language in diverse cultures from various continents. Embodiment fundamentally underlies human conceptualization and the present discussions reveal a wide range of target domains in conceptual transfers with the body as the source domain.
Language and languages --- Semantics --- Gesture. --- Cognitive grammar. --- Metaphor. --- Metonyms. --- Anthropological linguistics. --- Anthropo-linguistics --- Ethnolinguistics --- Language and ethnicity --- Linguistic anthropology --- Linguistics and anthropology --- Anthropology --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Metonymy --- Figures of speech --- Parabole --- Reification --- Cognitive linguistics --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Psycholinguistics --- Mudra --- Acting --- Body language --- Elocution --- Movement (Acting) --- Oratory --- Sign language --- Origin of languages --- Speech --- Origin. --- Psychological aspects. --- Origin --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Grammar --- Comparative linguistics
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San languages --- English language --- Names, Geographical --- English --- San
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Critical Toponymy: Place names in political, historical and commercial landscapes contains a selection of double-blind peer-reviewed papers from the 4th International Symposium on Place Names that took place 18-20 September 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. These papers present current thinking on how the critical turn in social sciences is manifested in toponymic research, not only locally but also internationally. As such it includes research on place names from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Austria, Slovenia, Central America and even the former Czechoslovakia. The contributions show that the etymology of place names are never purely linguistic – social, political, commercial and other factors influence the giving, use and adaptations of these linguistic and cultural artefacts. Furthermore, given their high symbolic content, place names also serve as political and commercial currency. Place names are therefore important symbolic markers in preserving or changing cultural identities, and in marking or facilitating socio-political changes and relations. Critical Toponymy showcases the many ways in which the representational potential of place names can be deployed in different contexts. Scholars as well as practitioners in toponymy and sociolinguistics will find this an illuminating read.
Sociolinguistics --- Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography --- Austria --- Central America --- Namibia --- Place names --- Slovenia --- South Africa --- Zimbabwe --- political --- historical and commercial landscapes --- socio-political changes --- place names --- political aspects --- territory --- Czechoslovakia --- Georg Schuppener --- Geographical names standardisation --- name-planning --- Theodorus du Plessis --- cultural domination --- toponym --- Steyn Khesani Madlome --- missionary societies --- Cornelia Geldenhuys --- Herero place names --- Lucie A. Möller --- unravelling --- etymology --- selected toponyms --- Godwin Makaudze --- cultural heritage --- Bushmanland --- Jani de Lange --- commercial place-name --- Peter Jordan --- Slovenian choronyms in brand names --- Matjaž Geršič --- Drago Kladnik --- Katja Vintar Mally --- place-related identities --- linguistic landscape --- rural South Africa --- Chrismi-Rinda Loth --- Kathryn M. Hudson --- dialectics and politics of football as revealed in the names and nicknames of three selected Zimbabwe stadiums --- Liketso Dube --- NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names --- Lawrence Hoba --- First Trek --- Pioneers --- Elda Hungwe
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