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Language as an Ecological Phenomenon: Languaging and Bioecologies in Human-Environment Relationships

Language as an Ecological Phenomenon: Languaging and Bioecologies in Human-Environment Relationships

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Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics

General ReferenceLinguisticsEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 1350304522
ISBN13: 9781350304529
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Jan 22 2026
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Moving beyond a more traditional view of language as a discrete sociocultural and cognitive entity that distorts our understanding of surrounding ecologies, this book argues that the starting point for ecolinguistics is an appreciation of language as not just about nature, but of nature.

Exploring this conceptual change in the field, the book presents a process view in which language is substituted by languaging, emphasising the bioecologies that we cohabit with numerous other species. It puts forward this perspective by looking at the theoretical considerations behind the understanding of languaging as bioecological, and through examining languaging in various contexts and places. Drawing on examples from across the world, it addresses topics such as climate catastrophes, corporate narratives, questions of ecological leadership, the bioecological implications of the COVID pandemic, and relational landscapes. It also makes use of data from across multiple bioecological settings, including the dairy and agricultural industries.

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