Language and Nation Crossroads and Connections

Studies on the relation between language, identity and nation (building) represent a long tradition in linguistic, cultural and political research. In this interdisciplinary anthology, we focus on different aspects of how language is used to shape a nation; by retaining a national identity in the co...

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Other Authors: Barstad, Guri Ellen (Editor), Hjelde, Arnstein (Editor), Kvam, Sigmund (Editor), Parianou, Anastasia (Editor), Todd, John (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Waxmann Verlag 2016
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Summary:Studies on the relation between language, identity and nation (building) represent a long tradition in linguistic, cultural and political research. In this interdisciplinary anthology, we focus on different aspects of how language is used to shape a nation; by retaining a national identity in the context of emigration, by measures taken to change an existing nation into a new one, by introducing a discourse designed to re-establish a putatively lost nation. Finally, we discuss how nation and identity are shaped in a modern multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-cultural society. The anthology contains articles in English, French and German from political science, history, linguistics, literature and translatology and is written by researchers based in Finland, Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (320 p.)
ISBN:9783830984979
9783830934974
Access:Open Access