Eco-linguistics
The ecolinguistics considered language from the point of interaction: Just as well as examined in ecology, the interaction between organisms between organisms and the environment, the ecolinguistics explores the interaction between languages and between languages and their environment , d. H. the society in which they are used. A pioneer of ecology of language was the American linguist Einar Haugen , who introduced the aspect of interaction in sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics in 1972 .
Another pioneer is the Englishman Michael Halliday , who now lives in Australia , who first brought the topic of language and the environment into the discussion at a lecture in Thessaloniki in 1990 . His question was: To what extent are linguistic structures and peculiarities of texts involved in environmental problems ? Can language help to alleviate environmental problems - for example by making people aware of various anthropocentric terms?
Today, eco-linguistics are increasingly being incorporated into economic considerations. Questions that are asked include a .: What does linguistic diversity cost - and what does it bring a state? How many jobs does it create? How can the conscious use of language help resolve conflicts? How can the world's linguistic diversity be preserved - and is there a connection between linguistic diversity and peace?
literature
- Alwin Fill: Words on Plowshares. Attempt at an ecology of language. Vienna: Böhlau 1987, ISBN 3-205-05065-7
- Alwin Fill: Ecolinguistics. An introduction. Tübingen: Narr, 1993, ISBN 3-8233-4952-X
- Einar Haugen: The Ecology of Language . Stanford: Stanford University Press 1972, ISBN 0-8047-0802-9
- José María Sánchez Carrión: La nueva sociolingüistica y la ecología de las lenguas . Donostia-San Sebastián: Eusko Ikaskuntza 1985, ISBN 84-86240-16-6 .
- Arran Stibbe: Animals Erased. Discourse, Ecology, and Reconnection with the Natural World. Middleton, Conn .: Wesleyan University Press 2012, ISBN 978-0-8195-7232-5
- Wilhelm Trampe: Ecological Linguistics. Basics of an ecological theory of science and language. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1990, ISBN 3531121340