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Shades of Decolonial Voices in Linguistics / Sinfree Makoni, Cristine Severo, Ashraf Abdelhay, Anna Kaiper-Marquez, Višnja Milojičić.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Global Forum on Southern Epistemologies ; 2Publisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781800418547
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 410.1 23//eng/20230530eng
LOC classification:
  • P41
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Dedication -- Interlude: In Memory of Átila Calvente -- Gratitudes -- Foreword -- Why ‘Shades of Decolonial Linguistics’? -- 1 Living Theory and Theory that Kills: Language, Communication and Control -- 2 An Iconoclast’s Approach to Decolonial Linguistics -- 3 Giving Jack His Jacket: Linguistic Contact in the Danish West Indies -- 4 Challenging the Dominance of Mind over Body in the History of Language Analysis -- 5 Keywords for India: A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century -- 6 Queer Anger: A Conversation on Alliances and Affective Politics -- 7 Identity and the African Storybook Initiative: A Decolonial Project? -- 8 Domination and Underlying Form in Linguistics -- 9 Decolonizing Multilingualism: A Practice-Led Approach -- Epilogue -- Index
Summary: This book argues that Linguistics has been shaped by colonization. It outlines how linguistic practices may be decolonized and the challenges which this poses to linguists. It concludes that decolonization in Linguistics is a process with no definite end point and cannot be completely successful until societies are decolonized too.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Dedication -- Interlude: In Memory of Átila Calvente -- Gratitudes -- Foreword -- Why ‘Shades of Decolonial Linguistics’? -- 1 Living Theory and Theory that Kills: Language, Communication and Control -- 2 An Iconoclast’s Approach to Decolonial Linguistics -- 3 Giving Jack His Jacket: Linguistic Contact in the Danish West Indies -- 4 Challenging the Dominance of Mind over Body in the History of Language Analysis -- 5 Keywords for India: A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century -- 6 Queer Anger: A Conversation on Alliances and Affective Politics -- 7 Identity and the African Storybook Initiative: A Decolonial Project? -- 8 Domination and Underlying Form in Linguistics -- 9 Decolonizing Multilingualism: A Practice-Led Approach -- Epilogue -- Index

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This book argues that Linguistics has been shaped by colonization. It outlines how linguistic practices may be decolonized and the challenges which this poses to linguists. It concludes that decolonization in Linguistics is a process with no definite end point and cannot be completely successful until societies are decolonized too.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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