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Metalinguistic Communities: Case Studies of Agency, Ideology, and Symbolic Uses Language
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Metalinguistic Communities: Case Studies of Agency, Ideology, and Symbolic Uses Language
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Metalinguistic Communities: Case Studies of Agency, Ideology, and Symbolic Uses Language
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This edited volume brings together ten compelling ethnographic case studies from a range of global settings to explore how people build
defined not by
of a language, but primarily by language ideologies and symbolic practices
the language. The authors examine themes of agency, belonging, negotiating hegemony, and combating cultural erasure and genocide in cultivating meaningful
. Case studies include Spanish and Hebrew in the USA, Kurdish in Japan, Pataxó Hãhãhãe in Brazil, and Gallo in France. The afterword, by Wesley L. Leonard, provides theoretical and on-the-ground context as well as a forward-looking focus on
. This book will be of interest to interdisciplinary students and scholars in applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology and migration studies.