Language as an Ecological Phenomenon: Languaging and Bioecologies in Human-Environment Relationships (Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics)

Moving beyond a more traditional view of language as a discrete sociocultural and cognitive entity that distorts our understanding of surrounding ecologies, this book argues that the starting point for ecolinguistics is an appreciation of language as not just about nature, but of nature. Exploring this conceptual change in the field, the book presents a process view in which language is substituted by languaging, emphasising the bioecologies that we cohabit with numerous other species. It puts forward this perspective by looking at the theoretical considerations behind the understanding of languaging as bioecological, and through examining languaging in various contexts and places. Drawing on examples from across the world, it addresses topics such as climate catastrophes, corporate narratives, questions of ecological leadership, the bioecological implications of the COVID pandemic, and relational landscapes. It also makes use of data from across multiple bioecological settings, including the dairy and agricultural industries. Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors 1 Ecolinguistics: Living and Languaging United Sune Vork Steffensen, Martin Döring and Stephen J. Cowley Part One Energizing Ecolinguistics 2 How (Dairy) Cows and Human Intertwine Languaging Practices Leonie Cornips 3 Ecolinguistics and the Cognitive Ecology of Global Warming Sune Vork Steffensen and Edward Baggs 4 Regeneration: From Language Use to Languaging Stephen J. Cowley 5 The Epistemological Conundrum of Language: Humans as Ecologically Special and Ecologically Destructive Alexander Kravchenko 6 Varieties of Expression and Enlanguaged Cognition in the Context of a Radicalized Ecolinguistics Rasmus Gahrn-Andersen Part Two From Discourse to Worldly Action 7 Ecolinguistics for Ethical Leadership Arran Stibbe 8 Landscape Sentience Elizabeth Oriel, Deepta Sateesh and Amal Dissanayaka 9 Considering Cows in Australian Dairy Discourse Alison Rotha Moore 10 Learning About, Learning From, Learning With: Towards a Critical Practice and Theory of Situated Language Sciences Chris Sinha and Vera da Silva Sinha Index