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This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Downes' textbook is an accessible introduction to the social aspects of language and their various explanations. Topics covered include domains of language use, language change, code-switching, speech as social action, and the nature of meaning and understanding. This second edition includes an analysis of language standardisation, language conflict and planning

Much attention has been focused on the survival of Indigenous languages in recent years. Many, particularly anthropologists and linguists, anticipate the demise of the majority of Indigenous languages within this century and have called on the need to arrest the loss of languages. Opinions vary concerning the loss of language; some regard it as a hopeless cause, and others see language revitalization as a major responsibility of linguistics and kindred disciplines. To that end, this review explores efforts in language revitalization and documentation and the engagement with Indigenous peoples. It remains unclear why some attempts at language revitalization succeed, whereas others fail. What is clear is that the process is profoundly political.

"At first blush, phenomenology seems to be concerned preeminently with questions of knowledge, truth, and perception, and yet closer inspection reveals that the analyses of these phenomena remain bound up with language and that consequently phenomenology is, inextricably, a philosophy of language. Drawing on the insights of a variety of phenomenological authors, including Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Gadamer, and Ricoeur, this collection of essays by leading scholars articulates the distinctively phenomenological contribution to language by examining two sets of questions. The first set of questions concerns the relatedness of language to experience. Studies exhibit the first-person character of the philosophy of language by focusing on lived experience, the issue of reference, and disclosive speech. The second set of questions concerns the relatedness of language to intersubjective experience. Studies exhibit the second-person character of the philosophy of language by focusing on language acquisition, culture, and conversation. This book will be of interest to scholars of phenomenology and philosophy of language"--

Praxis, Language, Dialogue
Human engagement with the world develops and evolves into increasingly social, complex, and explicit modes. This essay examines the evolution of meaningful human engagement from simple embodied activity, to language-less social praxis, and then to praxis incorporating increasingly rich forms of linguistic action, culminating in theory. Each mode of meaningful engagement creates a space in which new modes of meaning can develop. These new ways of experiencing, acting, and communicating create their own meaning contexts, which provide the settings for the further evolution of humans' phenomenological, hermeneutic, and practical involvements. Each mode of meaning gives rise to its successors, allowing humans to acquire new powers to understand and manipulate their environments and each other. This increase and refinement of human power raises ethical issues that we address using the Gadamerian concept of dialogue.

The economic and social pressure has led many Indonesian to become migrant workers in some foreign countries for a better life. Their poor language proficiency due to their lack of preparation prior to their departure has hampered them from communicating well in the country of destination which they have lived. This paper presents the analysis of how the Indonesian migrant workers prepared their language proficiency in their country of origin,Indonesia, how they have acquired the language of the receiving country in which they have worked, and how they have maintained the acquired foreign language upon their return toIndonesiaas their social capital. This paper found out that language preparation, language acquisition and language maintenance play very important roles in the life of Indonesian migrant workers. Poorly planned language training has made the migrant workers face many problems in communication in the country of destination. This condition can be gradually solved by acquiring the language during their work in the country of destination and this language acquisition through immersion has become their social capital; however, such social capital is not well processed to empower the community in most areas of the country of origin,Indonesia. This fact is worsened by the reality that the formal government structure in the villages seems to neglect this self-empowered group of the community. Key words: Economic and social pressure, migrant workers, proficiency, acquired, social capital

What is ethnicity? Is there a 'white' way of speaking? Why do people sometimes borrow features of another ethnic group's language? Why do we sometimes hear an accent that isn't there? This lively overview, first published in 2006, reveals the fascinating relationship between language and ethnic identity, exploring the crucial role it plays in both revealing a speaker's ethnicity and helping to construct it. Drawing on research from a range of ethnic groups around the world, it shows how language contributes to the social and psychological processes involved in the formation of ethnic identity, exploring both the linguistic features of ethnic language varieties and also the ways in which language is used by different ethnic groups. Complete with discussion questions and a glossary, Language and Ethnicity will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociolinguistics, as well as anybody interested in ethnic issues, language and education, inter-ethnic communication, and the relationship between language and identity

"Language connects people to each other in social relationships and allows them to participate in a variety of activities in everyday life. This original study explores the role of language in various domains of our social life, including identity, gender, class, kinship, deference, status, hierarchy, and others. Drawing on materials from over thirty languages and societies, this book shows that language is not simply a tool of social conduct but the effective means by which human beings formulate models of conduct."--Jacket

Norway has given official-language status to the languages of its aboriginal peoples, the Sámi, yet Canada has accorded that status only to English and French, the languages of the colonizers. In Norway, the 1992 legislation giving major language and cultural rights to the Sámi has had a major impact on Sámi education. This Norwegian experience has significant implications for official-language minority and aboriginal first-language education in Canada, shedding light on such important topics as minority teacher educa- tion, minority first-language pedagogy, curriculum texts, community attitudes to minority languages, language support services, school administration, devolution of control, cultural incorporation, and the maintenance of cultural identities. As a result, in this article I question the appropriateness of official policies and language practices in Canada. La Norvège a accordé le statut de langue officielle aux langues de ses peuples autochtones, les Sámis. Cependant, le Canada n'a accordé ce statut qu'à l'anglais et au français, langues de ses colonisateurs. En Norvège, la législation de 1992, accordant des droits linguistiques et culturels majeurs aux Sámis, a eu un impact considérable sur l'éducation de ceux-ci. Cette expérience norvégienne qui comporte des implications significatives pour l'éducation relative à la langue officielle des minorités et à la langue maternelle des autochtones au Canada, jette un éclairage sur des sujets importants pour les minorités tels: la formation des maîtres, la pédagogie relative à leur langue maternelle, les attitudes de la communauté à l'égard des langues des minorités, les services de soutien linguistiques, l'administration scolaire, la dévolution du contrôle, l'incorporation culturelle et le maintien des identités culturelles. Par conséquent, je remets en question dans cet article le bien-fondé des politiques officielles et des pratiques linguistiques au Canada.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language Ecology: Understanding Central Asian Multilingualism -- 3. Being Specific About Generalization: Kyrgyz Habitual Narratives in Ethnographic Interviews -- 4. Language Teaching in Turkmenistan: An Autoethnographic Journey -- 5. The Re-Acquisition of Kazakh in Kazakhstan: Achievements and Challenges -- 6. Corpus Building in Kazakhstan: An Examination of the Terminology Development in the Oil and Gas Sector -- 7. Societal Multilingualism and Personal Plurilingualism in Pamir Tajikistan's Complex Language Ecology -- 8. Language-in-Education: A Look at Kyrgyz Language Schools in the Badakhstan Province of Tajikistan -- 9. The Construction of the Tatar Nation in the Debate About the Introduction of Latin Script in the Republic of Tatarstan -- 10. Language Use Among Uyghur Students in Xinjiang, PR China -- 11. Language Policies and Labor Migration: The Case of Tajikistan -- 12. English Education in Uzbekistan -- 13. Afterword -- Appendix -- Index

1. Introduction: What is a language management approach to language problems and why do we need it? / Lisa Fairbrother and Goro Christoph Kimura -- Part I. Theoretical perspectives of the management of language problems: 2. The origin and development of a language management framework / Björn H. Jernudd -- 3. Research perspectives from East Asia: Language management in contact situations / Sau Kuen Fan -- 4. Researching language management in Central Europe: Cultivation, social change and power / Tamah Sherman -- Part II. Managing language problems in contact situations: 5. Intercultural interaction management: The case of Japanese and non-Japanese business professionals in the Japanese workplace / Hiroko Aikawa --6. Language selection in contact situations: The case of international students in an English-medium science graduate program in Japan / Kanako Takeda and Hiroko Aikawa -- 7. Diverging and intersecting management: Cases of the simultaneous management of deviations by multiple parties in contact situations / Lisa Fairbrother -- Part III. Managing language problems relating to standard varieties: 8. Processes of language codification: The case of the standardization of German pronunciation / Hideaki Takahashi -- 9. Processes of destandardization and demotization in the micro-macro perspective: The case of Germanic languages / Vít Dovalil -- 10. Processes of language enquiries: The case of the Prague Language Consulting Service / Martin Prošek -- Part IV. The researcher as part of the language management process: 11. Language management in life story interviews: The case of first generation Zainichi Korean women in Japan / Junko Saruhashi -- 12. The bridging role of the researcher between different levels of language management: The case of a research project at the German-Polish border / Goro Christoph Kimura -- 13. Epilogue: Reconsidering the language management approach in light of the micro-macro continuum / Goro Christoph Kimura and Lisa Fairbrother.

The essays collected in this volume take a new look at the role of language in the thought of Martin Heidegger to reassess its significance for contemporary philosophy. They consider such topics as Heidegger's engagement with the Greeks, expression in language, poetry, the language of art and politics, and the question of truth. Heidegger left his unique stamp on language, giving it its own force and shape, especially with reference to concepts such as Dasein, understanding, and attunement, which have a distinctive place in his philosophy