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The Politics of Language : Conflict, Identity, and Cultural Pluralism in Comparative Perspective
Important aspects of the history of language in the United States remain shrouded in myth and legend. The notion of "one nation, one language" is part of the idealized history of the United States, although in its short history it has probably been host to more bilingual people than any other country in the world. Language is more than a means of communication. It brings into play an entire range of experiences and attitudes toward life. Furthermore, language is a potent symbolic issue because it links power and political claims of ownership with psychological demands for group worth. How people belonging to different language and cultural communities live together in the same political community and how political and structural tensions arise to divide them along language lines, are questions addressed in The Politics of Language. This book analyzes the historical background and recent controversy over language in the United States and compares it to two official multilingual societies: Canada and Switzerland. It's accessibility as a survey of this topic makes it ideal for courses in linguistics, political science, and sociology.
Theories and Methods
The dimensions of time and space fundamentally cause and shape the variability of all human language. To reduce investigation of this insight to manageable proportions, researchers have traditionally concentrated on the “deepest” dialects. But it is increasingly apparent that, although most people still speak with a distinct regional coloring, the new mobility of speakers in recently industrialized and postindustrial societies and the efflorescence of communication technologies cannot be ignored. This has given rise to a reconsideration of the relationship between geographical place and cultural space, and the fundamental link between language and a spatially bounded territory. Language ...
Dialectological and Folk Dialectological Concepts of Space
In variational linguistics, the concept of space has always been a central issue. However, different research traditions considering space coexisted for a long time separately. Traditional dialectology focused primarily on the diatopic dimension of linguistic variation, whereas in sociolinguistic studies diastratic and diaphasic dimensions were considered. For a long time only very few linguistic investigations tried to combine both research traditions in a two-dimensional design – a desideratum which is meant to be compensated by the contributions of this volume. The articles present findings from empirical studies which take on these different concepts and examine how they relate to one ...
Self-Leadership - The Key To Being Productive
How do I achieve my goals without burning out? How do I stay on course without getting lost in digital media? How do I find balance and relaxation? Dr Burkhard Bensmann, an expert in self-leadership, gives practical answers to these questions. The book uses current scientific findings and is based on a model that has been tried and tested in consulting and coaching (The Seven Fields of Self-Leadership) to show how personal effectiveness can be systematically increased. With his practical tips, the author primarily addresses entrepreneurial people who want to be designers of their own life. Dr Bensmann shows where we limit our productivity ourselves and what we can do about it. In addition, he offers us a selection of his best methods for leading ourself.
Organisationales Lernen
Unter den Konzepten und Begriffen, welche die gegenwartigen Diskussion in der Managementiehre pragen, hat sich das organisationaie Lemen in jungster Zeit beharrlich seinen Weg gebahnt. Auch wenn das Etikett eines "Modebegriffes" abwertend erscheinen mag, laBt sich nicht ubrsehen, daB sowohl Theoretiker als auch Praktiker Fragen des Lernens verstarkte Aufmerksamkeit widmen. Einer der dominierenden Aus16ser hierfUr ist der wachsende Veranderungsdruck, dem sich die Unternehmen im ausgehenden 20. Jahrhundert ausgesetzt sehen. Die sHindig steigende Geschwindigkeit des Wandels und die daraus resultierende Not wendigkeit, sich in einer immer komplexer werden den Umwelt zu orientieren, mach en Lerne...
Intra-individual Variation in Language
This volume offers several empirical, methodological, and theoretical approaches to the study of observable variation within individuals on various linguistic levels. With a focus on German varieties, the chapters provide answers on the following questions (inter alia): Which linguistic and extra-linguistic factors explain intra-individual variation? Is there observable intra-individual variation that cannot be explained by linguistic and extra-linguistic factors? Can group-level results be generalised to individual language usage and vice versa? Is intra-individual variation indicative of actual patterns of language change? How can intra-individual variation be examined in historical data? ...
Dialektologie. 1. Halbband
Das Interesse an den Dialekten und der Dialektologie hat sich im letzten Jahrzehnt wieder verstärkt. Dafür gibt es außerwissenschaftliche und wissenschaftsimmanente Ursachen. In der Sprachwissenschaft hat man die Ursachen für diese Entwicklung in der wiederentdeckten Historizität und regelhaften Heterogenität der Sprachen zu suchen. Dem Sprachwandel, dem Varietätenspektrum und dem variierenden Sprachgebrauch in kommunikativen Handlungssituationen z.B. gilt in der Sprachwissenschaft jetzt größere Aufmerksamkeit. Die Erforschung dieser Gegenstandsbereiche kann durch den Rückgriff auf die Datensammlungen und Ergebnisse der Dialektologie sowie durch Berücksichtigung und Weiterentwickl...
Bilingualism and Linguistic Conflict in Romance
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
