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First, an ecology of language is the study of how languages interact with each other and the places they are spoken. | |||
''( | To understand the symbolic ecology of language we can look at Steffensen and Fill's definition'', "Language exists in a symbolic ecology: this approach'' ''investigates the co-existence of languages or ‘symbol'' ''systems’ *within a given area.''<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259129590_Ecolinguistics_The_state_of_the_art_and_future_horizons</ref> | ||
''(2014: 7).'' | |||
The symbolic ecology of a language refers to the linguistic environment where a language exists. A language affects and is affected both by other languages around it as well as different dialects and standards. | |||
=== Language/Linguistic Diversity === | === Language/Linguistic Diversity === | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 23 November 2022
First, an ecology of language is the study of how languages interact with each other and the places they are spoken.
To understand the symbolic ecology of language we can look at Steffensen and Fill's definition, "Language exists in a symbolic ecology: this approach investigates the co-existence of languages or ‘symbol systems’ *within a given area.[1]
(2014: 7).
The symbolic ecology of a language refers to the linguistic environment where a language exists. A language affects and is affected both by other languages around it as well as different dialects and standards.
Language/Linguistic Diversity
‘If diversity is a prerequisite for successful humanity, then the preservation of linguistic diversity is essential,
for language lies at the heart of what it means to be human’’ (Crystal, 2000: 33f.)
Multilingualism
Some content about multilingual stuff
Code switching
Borrowing
Dialects, standards etc
Writing
Possible research questions
Both semantic and semiotic sense*
How language can be represented (spoken, signed, representing, digitally)
Focus on aspects on symbolic
Is written language different from spoken? Treated differently in different cultures
Writing tends to be understood differently -
Literacy - illiteracy
Written language
standard language
mixed language
language shift, code-switching, pidginization, creolization
Subfields relating to symbolic ecology of language:
semiotics?
philosophy
sociolinguistics
lexicology
psycholinguistics
language contact
comparative linguistics
typology
