Linguistics in a Colonial World
A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power| By: | Joseph Errington |
| Publisher: | Wiley Global Research (STMS) |
| Print ISBN: | 9781405105699 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780470680490 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2007 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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