Author : D. E. Ager
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,37 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853594427
This text is about the relationship between language and the society that uses it. It specifically aims to discover what drove and drives the French to concentrate so much on language, on what it is that characterises their approach, and on the explanations for the policies governments have pursued in the past and present.
Author : David Tobin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 34,44 MB
Release : 2020-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1108488404
David Tobin analyses how Chinese nation-building shapes identity and security dynamics between Han and Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
Author : L. Kris Gowen
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780810849099
Offers guidance for teens seeking to understand themselves and to feel more comfortable in becoming the people they are meant to be.
Author : Leigh Oakes
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 36,46 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902721848X
This book re-examines the relationship between language and national identity. Unlike many previous studies, it employs a comparative approach: France and Sweden have been chosen as case studies both for their similarities (e.g. both are member states of the European Union) as well as their important differences (e.g. France subscribes in principle to a civic model of national identity, whereas the basis of Swedish identity is undeniably ethnic). It is precisely differences such as these which allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the ethnolinguistic implications of some of the major challenges currently facing France, Sweden and other European countries: regionalism, immigration, European integration and globalization. The present volume benefits from the use of a multidisciplinary approach, and differs from others on the market because of the variety of methods of inquiry used. A series of societal analyses is complemented by an empirical component, bringing a more grounded understanding to the issue of language and national identity.
Author : Elizaveta Khachaturyan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 20,82 MB
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1443879312
Is language one of the main components of national identity? How does it define one's national identity? Does its role change for each nation? These are the crucial questions that are explored in this volume, which describes the Nation-Identity dyad through the prism of language. The centuries-old theory on the role language plays in shaping national identity is discussed here in a new perspective appropriate to the 21st century. The analysis is provided from various points of view, and details changes in the relationship between these three elements (language, nation, and identity) in different historical, social and linguistic contexts. The book looks at several different languages in its analysis, such as English, Portuguese, French, Spanish and Italian. It brings together a wide variety of approaches to the linguistic educational system in a multilingual Africa and in countries with a rich migration history, like Australia and United States. It also discusses the role literature and textbooks play in shaping the sense of national belonging. The answers to the central questions described above are both highly individual and very general, but will, no doubt, stimulate the reader's reflection about 'me' and the 'other'.
Author : Eliézer Ben Rafael
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 35,84 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004128736
This book is about the sociologists' analyses of the newness of our time. It discusses five conceptual perspectives: (1) Multiple modernities; (2) Globalization; (3) Multiculturalism; (4) The declining accountability of the State; (5) Postmodernity. The divergent propositions which surface give this discourse its basic coherence.
Author : Sharon Hodde Miller
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 149340945X
We live in a culture that's all about self, becoming the best "me" I can be instead of becoming like Jesus. This me-centered message affects every area of our lives--our friendships, our marriages, even our faith--and it breaks each one in different ways. The self-focused life robs our joy, shrinks our souls, and is the reason we never quite break free of insecurity. In this book, Sharon Hodde Miller invites us into a bigger, Jesus-centered vision--one that restores our freedom and inspires us to live for more. She helps readers - identify the secret source of insecurity - understand how self-focus sabotages seven areas of our lives - learn four practical steps for focusing on God and others - experience freedom from the burden of self-focus Anyone yearning for a purpose bigger than "project me" will cherish this paradigm-shifting message of true fulfillment.
Author : D. E. Ager
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853596599
"This book describes and evaluates recent Language Planning and Policy in the British Isles. Issues including minority language rights, language resources for the state and the citizen, and problems such as the standard English battle and policy for Welsh and Gaelic are analysed against the background of detailed study of contemporary British society and politics. "
Author : Eli Hinkel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1859 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2005-03-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135636451
This landmark volume provides a broad-based, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning. Fifty-seven chapters are organized in eight thematic sections: *social contexts of second language learning; *research methodologies in second-language learning, acquisition, and teaching; *contributions of applied linguistics to the teaching and learning of second language skills; *second language processes and development; *teaching methods and curricula; *issues in second or foreign language testing and assessment; *identity, culture, and critical pedagogy in second language teaching and learning; and *important considerations in language planning and policies. The Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning is intended for researchers, practitioners, graduate students, and faculty in teacher education and applied linguistics programs; teachers; teacher trainers; teacher trainees; curriculum and material developers; and all other professionals in the field of second language teaching and learning.
Author : Giorgio Shani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 30,79 MB
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317698266
Religion, Identity and Human Security seeks to demonstrate that a major source of human insecurity comes from the failure of states around the world to recognize the increasing cultural diversity of their populations which has resulted from globalization. Shani begins by setting out the theoretical foundations, dealing with the transformative effects of globalization on identity, violence and security. The second part of the volume then draws on different cases of sites of human insecurity around the globe to develop these ideas, examining themes such as: securitization of religious symbols retreat from multiculturalism rise of exclusivist ethno-religious identities post- 9/11 state religion, colonization and the ‘racialization’ of migration Highlighting that religion can be a source of both human security and insecurity in a globalizing world, Shani offers a ‘critical’ human security paradigm that seeks to de-secularize the individual by recognizing the culturally contested and embedded nature of human identities. The work argues that religion serves an important role in re-embedding individuals deracinated from their communities by neo-liberal globalization and will be of interest to students of International Relations, Security Studies and Religion and Politics.
