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1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Note |
Papers based on presentations from the workshop "Language - Nation - Identity: the 'questione della lingua' in an Italian and a non-Italian context, held at the University of Oslo in Autumn 2011--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part I. Language = nation? -- Part II. Language = identity? |
| Summary |
"Is language one of the main components of national identity? How does it define one's national identity? Does its role change for each nation? These are the crucial questions that are explored in this volume, which describes the Nation-Identity dyad through the prism of language. The centuries-old theory on the role language plays in shaping national identity is discussed here in a new perspective appropriate to the 21st century. The analysis is provided from various points of view, and details changes in the relationship between these three elements (language, nation, and identity) in different historical, social and linguistic contexts. The book looks at several different languages in its analysis, such as English, Portuguese, French, Spanish and Italian. It brings together a wide variety of approaches to the linguistic educational system in a multilingual Africa and in countries with a rich migration history, like Australia and United States. It also discusses the role literature and textbooks play in shaping the sense of national belonging. The answers to the central questions described above are both highly individual and very general, but will, no doubt, stimulate the reader's reflection about 'me' and the 'other'"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Political aspects -- Congresses.
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Language and languages -- Political aspects. |
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Language and culture -- Congresses.
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Language and culture. |
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Nationalism -- Congresses.
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Nationalism. |
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Sociolinguistics -- Congresses.
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Sociolinguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Khachaturyan, Elizaveta, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Language - nation - identity. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015 1443872067 (OCoLC)900828132 |
| ISBN |
9781443879316 (electronic book) |
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1443879312 (electronic book) |
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9781443872065 (cloth) |
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1443872067 (cloth) |
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