Ecologia da língua como teoria linguística

Authors

  • Mark Garner University of Roehampton

Keywords:

language ecology, patterned behaviour, holistic, dynamic, and interactive.

Abstract

Language ecology was proposed by Einar Haugen in 1972 as the study of the interaction of any given language and its environment. Despite some use of the term in the literature, sociolinguists have failed to develop the potential that Haugen saw in an ecological approach. Recent developments in ecological thought, however, when applied to language, raise questions about many basic assumptions of conventional linguistics. For example, from an ecological perspective, language is not a rule-governed system, but a form of patterned behaviour arising from the needs of human sociality: communication, culture, and community. As Haugen foresaw, language ecology offers an exciting alternative approach to linguistic theory.

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Author Biography

Mark Garner, University of Roehampton

Tem uma vasta experiência docente e em pesquisas sobre ensino de línguas. Publicou diversos artigos em muitas revistas internacionais, além de organizar diversos livros na área de linguística aplicada. É coautor do primeiro livro sobre os impactos de testes em línguas nacionais, Testing Nation: The College English Test in China (Peter Lang, 2013). Dirige a série Linguística Aplicada da editora Peter Lang. Na área da ecolinguística, publicou, além de artigos, o livro Language: An ecological view (Peter Lang, 2004), no qual defende o uso de conceitos ecológicos nos estudos da linguagem não como meras metáforas, além de ter tocado na questão da metodologia. É diretor do Whitelands College da University of Roehampton. Atualmente é diretor do Centre for Language Assessment Research (CLARe) da University of Roehampton.

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Published

2015-10-11

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Garner, M. (2015). Ecologia da língua como teoria linguística. Ecolinguística: Revista Brasileira De Ecologia E Linguagem (ECO-REBEL), 1(2), 65–78. Retrieved from https://www.periodicos.unb.br/index.php/erbel/article/view/10064

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