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Linguistic Counter-Standardization: Exploring Liberatory Language Practices Around "Japanese"

Linguistic Counter-Standardization: Exploring Liberatory Language Practices Around "Japanese"

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Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [Csl], Book 131

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ISBN10: 3111572161
ISBN13: 9783111572161
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Oct 21 2024
Pages: 245
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Language standardization is problematic because it imposes the dominant group's linguistic variety as the only correct one and promotes the idea of unit thinking, i.e., seeing the world as consisting of bounded, internally homogeneous units. This volume examines intentional practices to subvert such processes of language standardization (what we call counter-standardization practices) in language education and other contexts. By suggesting alternative classroom pedagogies, language reclamation processes for indigenous populations, and discourses about (mis)pronunciation, this volume explores more liberatory approaches: the post-unit thinking of language.

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