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Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power

Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power

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LinguisticsAnthropology

ISBN10: 1405105690
ISBN13: 9781405105699
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: Sep 11 2007
Pages: 209
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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

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