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This page attempts to show some examples of indigenous researchers' work in linguistics on the relation between language, well-being, and the environment. The aim is to highlight how these studies can be applied in creating and working towards a more sustainable linguistics. | This page attempts to show some examples of indigenous researchers' work in linguistics on the relation between language, well-being, and the environment. The aim is to highlight how these studies can be applied in creating and working towards a more sustainable linguistics. | ||
=== '''What is (sustainable) linguistics?''' === | |||
[[Interdisciplinarity and types of linguistics]] | |||
[[Sustainable linguistics (definition)]] | [[Sustainable linguistics (definition)]] | ||
[[Sustainability in linguistics]] | [[Sustainability in linguistics]] | ||
[[ | ==== Indigenous linguist(ic)s ==== | ||
[[Problems associated with language endangerment:|Problems associated with language endangerment]] | |||
[[Classifications of Language Endangerement|Classifications of Language Endangerment]] | |||
[[Sustainable Development Goal | ==== Relevant Sustainable Development Goals ==== | ||
[[Sustainable Development Goal 3|Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good health and well-being <br />]][[Sustainable Development Goal 10|Sustainable Development Goal 10 - Reduced inequalities]] | |||
* Possibility to participate in one's own language, dialect, variety or idiolect without pressure to change | |||
[[Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts|Sustainable Development Goal 13 - Climate action]] | |||
[[Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss|Sustainable Development Goal 15 - Life on land]] | |||
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* Connection between biological and language diversity | |||
[[ | [[Sustainable Development Goal 4|Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality education]] | ||
[[File:The hierarchy of authentic sustainability (John Ikerd).png|thumb|'''The hierarchy of authentic sustainability''' "The worldview of authentic sustainability is also an interconnected, ecological view of the world. Since society is an integral part of nature, every human activity within society is also an act of nature, and thus has a direct positive or negative impact on nature. Since the economy is an integral part of society and of nature, every economic act has a direct positive or negative impact on society and nature."<ref>https://www.johnikerd.com/post/the-hierarchy-of-authentic-sustainability</ref> | |||
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=== Ecology === | |||
Ecology, term originally used in biology, is the relation between an "organism" and its environment. In the context of linguistics, ecology means the relation between language and where it appears: for example society or the human mind. Ecological sustainability manifests that everything is interconnected: the effect one thing has to another is in the core of sustainability. | |||
[[ | [[Understanding of ecology in other fields]] | ||
[[ | [[Cognitive ecology]] | ||
* | [[Theory of the Organism-Environment System]] | ||
* organism and its environment form a system. The organism would not exist without the environment, and without the organism the environment would not be the same. | |||
[[The natural ecology of language]] | |||
==== | ==== Of hierarchy and definitions ==== | ||
As aspects of human life, language and human well-being are both part of society. Looking at the image, environment in its narrow definition ("nature") contains all of society. Environment, if used in the ecological context, may also mean a broader living place where society would be an environment for language and well-being. A broader well-being would then include the well-being of all levels; nature, society, and economy. | |||
==== Relations between language, well-being, and the environment ==== | |||
=== Suggestions for a more sustainable linguistics === | === Suggestions for a more sustainable linguistics === | ||
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[[Category:Sustainability in linguistics]] | [[Category:Sustainability in linguistics]] | ||
[[Category:Definitions of ecology]] | [[Category:Definitions of ecology]] | ||
[[Category:Well-being]] | [[Category:Well-being]] | ||
[[Category:Indigenous people]] | |||
[[Category:Language revitalization]] | |||
Revision as of 03:40, 25 January 2023
This page attempts to show some examples of indigenous researchers' work in linguistics on the relation between language, well-being, and the environment. The aim is to highlight how these studies can be applied in creating and working towards a more sustainable linguistics.
What is (sustainable) linguistics?
Interdisciplinarity and types of linguistics
Sustainable linguistics (definition)
Indigenous linguist(ic)s
Problems associated with language endangerment
Classifications of Language Endangerment
Relevant Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good health and well-being
Sustainable Development Goal 10 - Reduced inequalities
- Possibility to participate in one's own language, dialect, variety or idiolect without pressure to change
Sustainable Development Goal 13 - Climate action
Sustainable Development Goal 15 - Life on land
- Connection between biological and language diversity
Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality education
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The hierarchy of authentic sustainability "The worldview of authentic sustainability is also an interconnected, ecological view of the world. Since society is an integral part of nature, every human activity within society is also an act of nature, and thus has a direct positive or negative impact on nature. Since the economy is an integral part of society and of nature, every economic act has a direct positive or negative impact on society and nature."[1]
Ecology
Ecology, term originally used in biology, is the relation between an "organism" and its environment. In the context of linguistics, ecology means the relation between language and where it appears: for example society or the human mind. Ecological sustainability manifests that everything is interconnected: the effect one thing has to another is in the core of sustainability.
Understanding of ecology in other fields
Theory of the Organism-Environment System
- organism and its environment form a system. The organism would not exist without the environment, and without the organism the environment would not be the same.
The natural ecology of language
Of hierarchy and definitions
As aspects of human life, language and human well-being are both part of society. Looking at the image, environment in its narrow definition ("nature") contains all of society. Environment, if used in the ecological context, may also mean a broader living place where society would be an environment for language and well-being. A broader well-being would then include the well-being of all levels; nature, society, and economy.
