Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanity

Some believe that it is necessary for members of minority linguistic groups to abandon their heritage languages in favor of national or global codes of communication in order to advance economically and socially, while others favour the preservation of linguistic diversity and the maintenance of dis...

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Autor: Bastardas i Boada, Albert, 1951-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/158003
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Palabra clave:Multilingüisme
Política lingüística
Globalització
Multilingualism
Language policy
Globalization
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spelling Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanityBastardas i Boada, Albert, 1951-MultilingüismePolítica lingüísticaGlobalitzacióMultilingualismLanguage policyGlobalizationSome believe that it is necessary for members of minority linguistic groups to abandon their heritage languages in favor of national or global codes of communication in order to advance economically and socially, while others favour the preservation of linguistic diversity and the maintenance of distinct collective identities. This paper applies the concept of 'sustainability'originally derived from the viewpoint that economic development should be carried out with respect for and integration with the dynamics of the natural environment to the notion of 'linguistic sustainability', arguing that expansion of dominant languages without regard for the maintenance of linguistic diversity can have repercussions that are potentially as devastating, from a social and cultural perspective, as the damage caused by economic expansion without regard for the environment. The author argues for the need for policymakers, institutions, and members of both majority and minority language groups to take responsibility for the preservation of sociolinguistic diversity, offering a set of priorities for ensuring linguistic sustainability.Vytautas Magnus University2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/158003Articles publicats en revistes (Filologia Catalana i Lingüística General)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.7220/2335-2027.5.5Sustainable Multilingualism, 2014, num. 5, p. 134-163https://doi.org/10.7220/2335-2027.5.5cc-by-nc-nd (c) Vytautas Magnus University, 2014http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1580032026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanity
title Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanity
spellingShingle Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanity
Bastardas i Boada, Albert, 1951-
Multilingüisme
Política lingüística
Globalització
Multilingualism
Language policy
Globalization
title_short Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanity
title_full Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanity
title_fullStr Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanity
title_full_unstemmed Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanity
title_sort Linguistic sustainability for a multilingual humanity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bastardas i Boada, Albert, 1951-
author Bastardas i Boada, Albert, 1951-
author_facet Bastardas i Boada, Albert, 1951-
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Multilingüisme
Política lingüística
Globalització
Multilingualism
Language policy
Globalization
topic Multilingüisme
Política lingüística
Globalització
Multilingualism
Language policy
Globalization
description Some believe that it is necessary for members of minority linguistic groups to abandon their heritage languages in favor of national or global codes of communication in order to advance economically and socially, while others favour the preservation of linguistic diversity and the maintenance of distinct collective identities. This paper applies the concept of 'sustainability'originally derived from the viewpoint that economic development should be carried out with respect for and integration with the dynamics of the natural environment to the notion of 'linguistic sustainability', arguing that expansion of dominant languages without regard for the maintenance of linguistic diversity can have repercussions that are potentially as devastating, from a social and cultural perspective, as the damage caused by economic expansion without regard for the environment. The author argues for the need for policymakers, institutions, and members of both majority and minority language groups to take responsibility for the preservation of sociolinguistic diversity, offering a set of priorities for ensuring linguistic sustainability.
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