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The Philosophy and Science of Language
This volume brings together a diverse range of scholars to address important philosophical and interdisciplinary questions in the study of language. Linguistics throughout history has been a conduit to the study of the mind, brain, societal structure, literature and history itself. The epistemic and methodological transfer between the sciences and humanities in regards to linguistics has often been documented, but the underlying philosophical issues have not always been adequately addressed. With 15 original and interdisciplinary chapters, this volume therefore tackles vital questions relating to the philosophy, history, and theoretical interplay between the study of language and fields as v...
Confronting Metaphor in Use
It is timely for researchers to approach metaphor as social and situated, as a matter of language and discourse, and not just as a matter of thought. Over the last twenty five years, scholars have come to appreciate in depth the cognitive, motivated and embodied nature of metaphor, but have tended to background the linguistic form of metaphor and have largely ignored how this connects to its role in the discourses in which our lives are constructed and lived. This book brings language and social dimensions into the picture, offering snapshots of metaphor use in real language and in real lives across the very different cultures of Europe and Brazil and contributing to the theorizing of metaphor in discourse.
From Southern Theory to Decolonizing Sociolinguistics
This book, which combines scholarly articles with interviews, seeks to imagine a decolonized sociolinguistics. All the chapters are firmly grounded in southern approaches to knowledge production, focusing not only on epistemology but also on the complex relationship between epistemology and ontology. The chapters address issues ranging from author positionality to the central theorists of a southern sociolinguistics, and roam from the language classroom to the church, in ways which invite us to begin to decolonize ourselves and rethink normative assumptions about everything from academic writing to research methods and language teaching. The book provides scholars and teachers with inspiration for how to teach linguistics in ways that challenge colonial hegemonies and that allow one to ‘do’ sociolinguistics otherwise. It also makes a powerful argument that debates about decolonization, southern theory and social justice are not just academic pursuits: what is at stake is our future and how we imagine it.
Linguística aplicada, raça e interseccionalidade na contemporaneidade
Cada vez mais compreendemos que a Linguística Aplicada (LA) se relaciona com o mundo em que nos situamos. Esse entendimento tem provocado uma série de inflexões para os estudos do campo da LA ao analisarem o mundo em que vivemos. A presença paulatina de pesquisadoras e pesquisadores negros, comprometidos com a superação do racismo, trouxe indagações insurgentes para a Linguística Aplicada, inovando-a com a presença de novos e desafiadores caminhos, desdobramentos teóricos e abordagens críticas. Esses sujeitos e sujeitas, coerentes com o seu engajamento político e epistemológico, passaram a produzir conhecimento em uma abordagem interseccional na qual educação, classe, raça, ...
Linguística aplicada, raça e interseccionalidade na contemporaneidade
O racismo e seus desdobramentos nefastos entraram no radar da Linguística Aplicada só recentemente, como acertadamente apontam os organizadores deste livro. É como se ninguém quisesse abordar a questão abertamente, embora muitos suspeitassem de sua presença dissimulada o tempo todo. Contudo, o fato é que a ideia de raça, junto com os inúmeros mitos e preconceitos que se aglutinaram em torno dela, sempre estiveram presentes nas reflexões sobre a linguagem ao longo de todo esse tempo. Já foi dito que a Linguística encarna o Zeitgeist do século XIX, notadamente marcado pelo espírito de colonialismo, prática fincada no eurocentrismo e na crença cega na superioridade da raça bran...
Language Practices of Cyberhate in Unfolding Global and Local Realities
This book presents six related studies that shed light on hateful speech, both verbal and multisemiotic, in a postcolonial setting relevant to countries of the Global South, such as Brazil. It offers a body of rich empirical analysis of linguistic, discursive and political-ideological data. Analytical results show how online and offline attacks and related forms of resistance occur and how they involve a complex tangle of national and international flows, intersecting and re-twining themes, narratives, and images in the public arena. Thereby, the book provides insights into how disruptive global flows fuse and transform local flows into tangled and fluid glocal issues, as shown in the sexist and misogynist violence that permeates political-ideological struggles in contemporary Brazil and beyond.
Reflections on Language Learning
First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Linguistic Taboo Revisited
Linguistic taboo has been relegated for a long time to a peripheral position within Linguistics, due to its social stigmatization and inherent linguistic complexity. Recently, though, there has been a renewed interest in revisiting the phenomenon, especially from cognitive frameworks. This volume is the first collection of papers dealing with linguistic taboo from that perspective. The volume gathers 15 chapters, which provide novel insights into a broad range of taboo phenomena (euphemism, dysphemism, swearing, political correctness, coprolalia, etc.) from the fields of sexuality, diseases, death, war, ageing or religion. With a special focus on lexical semantics, the authors in the volume ...
Signum v.24 n.2/ august 2021 (Versão Inglês)
Signum: Estudos da Linguagem is a publication edited by the Graduate Program in Language Studies of the State University of Londrina (UEL). It aims at disseminating original papers (articles and reviews) on linguistic description and analysis, text/discourse studies, teaching/learning and Portuguese, foreign and other languages teachers' education.
Multilingual Brazil
This book brings together cutting edge work by Brazilian researchers on multilingualism in Brazil for an English-speaking readership in one comprehensive volume.This volume is key reading for researchers in linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, cultural studies, and Latin American studies.
