James Griffiths

Speak Not

Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language

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Produktbeschreibung

As we stand at the brink of a terminal decline in the worldâ s languages, and the rise of the hegemonic 'super-tongue', this is a personal and engaging account of how we can stop the race towards the extinction of linguistic diversity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic / Zed Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 551606
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781786999696
• ISBN-10: 1786999692
• Artikelnr.: 62031510

Autorenporträt

James Griffiths is Asia Correspondent at the Globe and Mail, currently based in Hong Kong. He was previously a senior producer at CNN International, where he reported on the ground from Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. He is the author of Speak Not: Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language (Zed Books, 2021).

Inhaltsangabe

EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION PART ONE: WELSH 1. Blue Books2. Fire and Fury 3. Signs of Change 4. Bilingual Nation INTERLUDE: AFRI-CAN'TPART TWO: HAWAIIAN5. The Princess Who Was Promised6. Sandwiched Islands7. I Mua Kamehameha 8. Ke Ea Hawaii9. Road Closed Due to Desecration INTERLUDE: THE OLD, NEW TONGUE PART THREE: CANTONESE10. Dialectics 11. A Chinese Alphabet 12. Common Tongue 13. 'Cantonese Gives You Nasal Cancer' 14. Sounds of Separatism 15. Language PlateauEPILOGUE AUTHOR'S NOTE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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EPIGRAPH
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: WELSH
1. Blue Books
2. Fire and Fury
3. Signs of Change
4. Bilingual Nation
INTERLUDE: AFRI-CAN'T
PART TWO: HAWAIIAN
5. The Princess Who Was Promised
6. Sandwiched Islands
7. I Mua Kamehameha
8. Ke Ea Hawaii
9. Road Closed Due to Desecration
INTERLUDE: THE OLD, NEW TONGUE
PART THREE: CANTONESE
10. Dialectics
11. A Chinese Alphabet
12. Common Tongue
13. 'Cantonese Gives You Nasal Cancer'
14. Sounds of Separatism
15. Language Plateau
EPILOGUE
AUTHOR'S NOTE
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Rezensionen

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