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Ecolinguistics reunited: Rewilding the territory [PDF]
Ways of meaning link ecosystemic destruction with social and linguistic interdependencies. By freeing the entangled roots of these phenomena, we can find a way to rewilding ecolinguistic territory.
Cowley Stephen J.
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This article presents a comprehensive and detailed survey of ecolinguistics, defined as an enterprise oriented to how language plays a role in the interactions between human beings, other species, and the natural environment.
Steffensen Sune Vork
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Ecolinguistics: A paradigm shift
Unlike other modern sciences that have dramatically transformed our way of life over a historically short period of time, linguistics cannot boast of any serious achievements that affect our daily life. This raises the issue of practicality of linguistic
Alexander V. Kravchenko
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Practical applications of ecolinguistics
Chau Meng Huat, Jacobs George M.
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Embodied simulation in thought and spoken language: Einstein's falling elevator passes Pharrell William's hot air balloon at the edge of space. Abstract The findings of cognitive linguistics demonstrate the thoroughly embodied grounding of linguistic constructions and linguistic meaning ranging from abstract thought to interactive communication.
Jamin Pelkey
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On the links between nature's values and language
Abstract Recent research into the plural values about nature is focusing on relational values as a concept through which to better understand the breadth and importance of situated human–nature relations. However, potential relevance of language as a mediating factor in relational values has not been sufficiently examined.
Dylan Inglis +2 more
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Teaching about climate change: Possibilities and challenges in Australian adult literacy programs
Abstract Australia's natural environment poses challenges for human inhabitants and will continue to pose novel challenges in an era of climate change. However, the resources that people can access to respond to climate change are diverse and unequally distributed. While this suggests a role for education, especially for those who are most socially and
Keiko Yasukawa
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Rubbish? Envisioning a sociolinguistics of waste
Abstract (English) As the opening statement in a curated dialogue on Language and Waste, this paper considers what a sociolinguistics of waste might look like. In the first two parts, I provide some general rationale and academic context for starting to notice waste.
Crispin Thurlow
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English in higher education in the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
Abstract In Central Asia, English is not only considered a language of intercultural communication, but it is also by far the most studied foreign language at schools and universities. The globalization and internationalization of education resulted in English becoming a medium of instruction in all levels of schooling.
Anastasiya Bezborodova, Saida Radjabzade
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