{"product_id":"9783030769024","title":"Metalinguistic Communities Case Studies of Agency, Ideology, and Symbolic Uses of Language","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMetalinguistic Communities\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCase Studies of Agency, Ideology, and Symbolic Uses of Language\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNetta Avineri | Jesse Harasta\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited volume brings together ten compelling ethnographic case studies from a range of global settings to explore how people build \u003ci\u003emetalinguistic communities\u003c\/i\u003e defined not by \u003ci\u003euse\u003c\/i\u003e of a language, but primarily by language ideologies and symbolic practices \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e the language.  The authors examine themes of agency, belonging, negotiating hegemony, and combating cultural erasure and genocide in cultivating meaningful \u003ci\u003emetalinguistic communities\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003emetalinguistic futurities\u003c\/i\u003e. This book will be of interest to interdisciplinary students and scholars in applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology and migration studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNetta Avineri \u003c\/b\u003eis an Associate Professor of Language Teacher Education and Chair of the Intercultural Competence Committee at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA. An applied linguistic anthropologist, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eResearch Methods for Language Teach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eing: Inquiry, Process, and Synthesis\u003c\/i\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Social Justice in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, and Series Editor for Critical Approaches in Applied Linguistics (De Gruyter Mouton).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJesse Harasta \u003c\/b\u003eis an Associate Professor of Social Science and program director for International Studies at Cazenovia College, USA.  A cultural and linguistic anthropologist, he studies the symbolic and political uses of language and language as an object (e.g. signage, font).  He researches Kernewek and other European lesser-used languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 September 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783030769024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51688172748940,"sku":"9783030769024","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030769024.jpg?v=1785299025","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030769024","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}