The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics (Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics)

The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics is the first comprehensive exploration into the field of ecolinguistics, also known as language ecology. Organized into three sections that treat the different topic areas of ecolinguistics, the Handbook begins with chapters on language diversity, language minorities and language endangerment, with authors providing insight into the link between the loss of languages and the loss of species. It continues with an overview of the role of language and discourse in describing, concealing, and helping to solve environmental problems. With discussions on new orientations and topics for further exploration in the field, chapters in the last section show ecolinguistics as a pacesetter into a new scientific age. This H andbook is an excellent resource for students and researchers interested in language and the environment, language contact, and beyond. Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments and Dedication List of Contributors Introduction Part I Languages in Their Social and Individual Environment A Linguistic and Biological Diversity: Minority and Majority Languages, Endangerment and Revival 1 Biological Diversity and Language Diversity: Parallels and Differences 2 The Ecology of Language Contact: Minority and Majority Languages 3 Language Endangerment and Language Death: The Future of Language Diversity 4 The Economy of Language Ecology: Economic Aspects of Minority Languages 5 Language Evolution from an Ecological Perspective 6 Ecolinguistic Aspects of Language Planning B Language Contact (Bilingualism and Multilingualism) and Contact Languages 7 Individual and Societal Bilingualism and Multilingualism 8 Linguistic Imperialism and the Consequences for Language Ecology 9 What Creolistics Can Learn From Ecolinguistics 10 Ecosystemic Linguistics PART II The Role of Language Concerning the Environment (Biological and Ecological Sense) A The Role of Language in Creating, Aggravating and Solving Environmental Problems 11 Positive Discourse Analysis: Rethinking Human Ecological Relationships 12 Using Visual Images to Show Environmental Problems 13 Investigating Texts about Environmental Degradation Using Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistic Techniques 14 The Pragmatics of Metaphor: An Ecological View B How Environmental Topics Appear in Texts and in the Media: Ecological and Unecological Discourse 15 Lexicogrammar and Ecolinguistics 16 The Treatment of Environmental Topics in the Language of Politics 17 Eco-Advertising: The Linguistics and Semiotics of Green(-Washed) Persuasion 18 ‘Global Warming’ or ‘Climate Change’? 19 Media Reports about Natural Disasters: An Ecolinguistic Perspective C How Do Language and Discourse Transport Ecological and Unecological Ideas? 20 The Discursive Representation of Animals 21 Euphemisms for Killing Animals and for Other Forms of Their Use 22 Overcoming Anthropocentrism With Anthropomorphic and Physiocentric Uses of Language? 23 Ecolinguistics and Placenames: Interaction Between Humans and Nature Part III Philosophical and Transdisciplinary Ecolinguistics 24 The Ethics of Scientific Language About the Environment 25 Ecolinguistics and Education 26 The Microecological Grounding of Language: How Linguistic Symbolicity Extends and Transforms the Human Ecology 27 Transdisciplinary Linguistics: Ecolinguistics as a Pacemaker into a New Scientific Age 28 Religion, Language and Ecology Part IV New Orientations and Future Directions in Ecolinguistics 29 Ecolinguistics in the 21st Century: New Orientations and Future Directions Index This volume explores the field of ecolinguistics, also known as language ecology. It looks at language diversity, language minorities and language endangerment, with authors providing insight into the link between the loss of languages and the loss of species. It continues with an overview of the role of language and discourse in describing, concealing, and helping to solve environmental problems. With discussions on new orientations and topics for further exploration in the field, it also shows ecolinguistics as a pacesetter into a new scientific age This handbook is the first comprehensive overview of ecolinguistics or language ecology. It discusses language diversity, language minorities and language endangerment; the role of language and discourse in describing, hiding and helping to solve environmental problems; and argues for ecolinguistics as a pace-maker into a new scientific age. Edited By Alwin F. Fill, Hermine Penz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.