Language, Ecology and Society A Dialectical Approach

by Bang, Jørgen Christian; Døør, Jørgen; Nash, Joshua; Steffensen, Sune Vork

• ISBN13: 9780826446428
• ISBN10: 0826446426
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-09
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Language, Ecology and Society presents a view of language and ecology from a dialectical perspective. In this analysis, language is seen as a multidimensional phenomenon, which shapes and is shaped by mind, nature and society. Contributing to the field of

Author Biography

Jrgen Christian Bang, Jrgen Dr and Sune Vork Steffensen are at the Institute of Language and Communication at the University of Southern Denmark. Joshua Nash is at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

Table of Contents

Table of Models	p. vi
Editors' Foreword	p. viii
Authors' Foreword	p. xii
Introducing Dialectical Linguistics	p. 1
Language, ecology and society: An introduction to Dialectical Linguistics	p. 3
Language, linguistics and social praxis	p. 32
The logos of language: Logics and dialogue	p. 49
The topos of language: Core contradictions	p. 66
Deixis and Dialectical Text Analysis 87
Deixis, text and context: Why analyse deixis?	p. 89
Deixis, lexis and anaphora	p. 106
Life form, text and dialogue	p. 121
Text analysis and core contradictions: Fay Weldon's Puffball	p. 135
The dialectics of deixis: Ludwig Wittgenstein's Preface	p. 148
Dialectics, Ecology and Ecolinguistics	p. 169
Dialectical ecology	p. 171
The ecology of communication	p. 193
Differences and similarities in ecolinguistics	p. 203
References	p. 219
Index	p. 225
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