Language and Identity National, Ethnic, Religious
Offering a uniquely broad-based overview of the role of language choice in the construction of national, ethnic and religious identity, this textbook examines a wide range of specific cases from various parts of the world in order to arrive at some genera
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John E. Joseph
Language and Identity
Previous publications by this author: ELOQUENCE AND POWER: The Rise of Language Standards and Standard Languages (1987) LIMITING THE ARBITRARY: Linguistic Naturalism and its Opposites in Plato’s Cratylus and Modern Theories of Language (2000) LANDMARKS IN LINGUISTIC THOUGHT II: The Western Tradition in the Twentieth Century (with Nigel Love and Talbot J. Taylor, 2001). FROM WHITNEY TO CHOMSKY: Essays in the History of American Linguistics (2002)
Language and Identity National, Ethnic, Religious John E. Joseph
© John E. Joseph 2004
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ISBN 978-0-333-99753-6 ISBN 978-0-230-50342-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-0-230-50342-7 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Joseph, John Earl. Language and identity : national, ethnic, religious / John E. Joseph. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0–333–99752–2 (cloth) — ISBN 978-0–333–99753–0 (pbk . ) 1. Language and languages. 2. Identity (Psychology) 3. Sociolinguistics. 4. Nationalism. I. Title. P107.J67 2004 400—dc22 2004043621 10 13
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In memory of my beloved grandparents and godparents Tanus ibn Yusuf Abu Butrus Hubayqat / Anthony Joseph 4 Nov. 1883–20 Sept. 1963 Suraya Qamar / Sarah Amar Joseph 1 Nov. 1898–25 Apr. 1987
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Preface
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Introduction The identity of identity What language has to do with it Fundamental types of identity Construction and multiplicity Other terms used in current research Identity as a linguistic phenomenon
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