Language as an Ecological Phenomenon : Languaging and Bioecologies in Human-Environment Relationships Hardback
Edited by Sune Vork (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.) Steffensen, Stephen (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) Cowley, Martin (Hamburg University, Germany) Doring
Part of the Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics series
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:260 pages, 20 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:27/06/2024
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- ISBN:9781350304482
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Pre-OrderFree UK DeliveryThis title is available for pre-order
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:260 pages, 20 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:27/06/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781350304482