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Towards an Ecology of World Languages
There are around 5,000 languages spoken across the world today, but the languages that coexist in our multilingual world have varied functions and fulfil various roles. Some are spoken by small groups, a village or a tribe; others, much less numerous, are spoken by hundreds of millions of speakers. Certain languages, like English, French and Chinese, are highly valued, while others are largely ignored. Even if all languages are equal in the eyes of the linguist, the world’s languages are in fact fundamentally unequal. All languages do not have the same value, and their inequality is at the heart of the way they are organized across the world. In this major book Louis-Jean Calvet, one of th...
The Long March to the West
Compilation of papers on the problematic of Eurabia, i.e. the massive, illegal integration from the south to the north. Sheds light on a multitude of issues, including reactions by right-wing or nationalist parties in European countries, migratory flows within Arab-speaking countries east of Egypt and from the Maghreb, relationships between certain migrants and the Mafia, integration of migrants, etc.
Migration and Activism in Europe since 1945
The political and social activism of immigrants to Europe since 1945 takes the spotlight in this volume. Each chapter draws on research from international scholars, offering a riveting look at a variety of migrant experiences and providing welcome comparisons of the impact of migration on different countries.
Dangerous Liaisons
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Youth Language Practices in Africa and Beyond
Youth languages have increasingly attracted the attention of scholars and students of various disciplines. African youth languages are a vibrant phenomenon with manifold characteristics involving a range of different languages. This book is a first comprehensive study of African youth languages and presents fresh insights into various youth languages, providing linguistic as well as sociolinguistic data and analyses.
The Road Less Traveled
A horn is an instrument either for protection or destruction. The "horn" in the Horn of Africa has for so long turned inward, and on its people, thus victimizing those it was supposed to defend. The ensuing internecine bloodletting has thrown the region into an abyss out of which it is still struggling to emerge. Much of the story of this abyss is captured in social, political, economic, and literary treatises written by indigenous and international experts. Rarely, however, has there been a single volume that brings together keen analyses of the expressive arts of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan. The Road Less Traveled is the first book of its kind. It brings together in the...
Linguistic Bibliography for the Year 2000 / Bibliographie Linguistique de l'Année 2000
Bibliographie Linguistique/ Linguistic Bibliography is the annual bibliography of linguistics published by the Permanent International Committee of Linguists under the auspices of the International Council of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies of UNESCO. With a tradition of more than fifty years (the first two volumes, covering the years 1939-1947, were published in 1949-1950), Bibliographie Linguistique is by far the most comprehensive bibliography in the field. It covers all branches of linguistics, both theoretical and descriptive, from all geographical areas, including less known and extinct languages, with particular attention to the many endangered languages of the world. Up-to-date information is guaranteed by the collaboration of some forty contributing specialists from all over the world. With over 20,000 titles arranged according to a detailed state-of-the-art classification, Bibliographie Linguistique remains the standard reference book for every scholar of language and linguistics.
Alternance des langues et construction de savoirs
Ce numéro des Cahiers du Français Contemporain publie une partie des communications présentées au colloque " Alternance des langues et apprentissage. Situations, modèles, analyses, pratiques " organisé par l'ENS de Fontenay / Saint-Cloud, l'Université Stendhal - Grenoble III et l'Université René Descartes - Paris V du 6 au 8 février 1997 à Saint-Cloud. La diversité des communications rassemblées dans ce volume est représentative des variations multiples dans les études portant sur les alternances de langues, variété qui touche à la fois les terrains dont proviennent les corpus présentés et la perspective selon laquelle sont abordés les changements de langues, ainsi que l...
