 Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0569-9
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216 pages
September 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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Drawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys the methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic projects around the world.
* Explores how early endeavours in linguistics were used to aid in overcoming practical and ideological difficulties of colonial rule
* Traces the uses and effects of colonial linguistic projects in the shaping of identities and communities that were under, or in opposition to, imperial regimes
* Examines enduring influences of colonial linguistics in contemporary thinking about language and cultural difference
* Brings new insight into post-colonial controversies including endangered languages and language rights in the globalized twenty-first century
* Explores how early endeavours in linguistics were used to aid in overcoming practical and ideological difficulties of colonial rule
* Traces the uses and effects of colonial linguistic projects in the shaping of identities and communities that were under, or in opposition to, imperial regimes
* Examines enduring influences of colonial linguistics in contemporary thinking about language and cultural difference
* Brings new insight into post-colonial controversies including endangered languages and language rights in the globalized twenty-first century
