Language and Ethnonationalism in Contemporary West Central Balkans - Adnan Ajšić

Language and Ethnonationalism in Contemporary West Central Balkans

A Corpus-based Approach

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Buch | Hardcover
XII, 180 Seiten
2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-72176-3 (ISBN)
69,54 inkl. MwSt

This book uses a specialized corpus of public language-related discourse to investigate links between language ideologies and ethnonationalism in contemporary West Central Balkans.  Despite a century and a half of shared linguistic history, the nations making up the central part of former Yugoslavia continue to debate the ownership over the common language, creating much animosity, some legal issues, and often absurd circumstances.  At the heart of the ongoing language debate over Central South Slavic is the belief in language as the cornerstone of ethnonational identity and the legitimacy of ethnic groups' claims to sovereignty.  Given a history of conflict and the recent resurgence in extreme ethnonationalism, an understanding of ethnolinguistic contestation in the region is as important as ever. This book will be of interest to social scientists working in fields as diverse as (applied) linguistics, anthropology, media studies, political science, sociology and history, as well as other scholars with an interest in language and society.


lt;p>Adnan Ajsic is Assistant Professor of English at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. His writing has appeared in Applied Linguistics, Corpora, Journal of Language and Politics, and Language Policy as well as volumes published by Routledge, Wiley-Blackwell, and Multilingual Matters. He has served as an interpreter/translator for the United Nations.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Central theoretical concepts and the current research context.- Chapter 3: Data and Methods.- Chapter 4: Quantitative results by method.- Chapter 5: Qualitative results by method.- Chapter 6: Language-related discourses, language ideologies, and ethnonationalism.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.- Chapter 8: Coda: Big Data vs. Small Minds. 

"The book offers insightful ideas regarding the interactions between language and ideology, particularly the discursive-ideological complex of regional ethnonationalism. Therefore, it can be a valuable reference for students, scholars, and researchers engaged in critical discourse studies, corpus linguistics, and language politics." (Zhonghua Wu and Le Cheng, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 21 (4), 2022)

“The book offers insightful ideas regarding the interactions between language and ideology, particularly the discursive-ideological complex of regional ethnonationalism. Therefore, it can be a valuable reference for students, scholars, and researchers engaged in critical discourse studies, corpus linguistics, and language politics.” (Zhonghua Wu and Le Cheng, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 21 (4), 2022)

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XII, 180 p. 3 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 386 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte Area Studies • balkan history • Corpus Linguistics • Discourse analysis • Eastern Europe • Exploratory Factor Analysis • Language attitudes • Language ideology • Multivariate Statistics
ISBN-10 3-030-72176-0 / 3030721760
ISBN-13 978-3-030-72176-3 / 9783030721763
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