Dominic Watt , Carmen Llamas
Language, Borders and Identity
- ISBN 13:
- 9780748669776
- author:
- Dominic Watt , Carmen Llamas
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 23.1 x 2.3 x 15.2 cm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Linguistics
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Language, Borders and Identity explores the complex relationships between language, borders, and identities. This interdisciplinary approach combines sociolinguistic research with insights from human geography, anthropology, and social psychology to examine how language is used to construct and navigate boundaries. The book draws on international case studies and examples to illustrate a range of methodological approaches in the field, as well as the linguistic implications of borders in applied contexts such as language planning and policy. It also assesses the role of linguistic behaviour in enforcing border controls and develops models of how language is used to construct borders and index speakers' identities. This book offers a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, providing insights into the dual reactive and proactive functions that language fulfils in constructing and navigating boundaries.
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