This book is both a collection of cutting-edge research in the areas of multilingualism, translan... more This book is both a collection of cutting-edge research in the areas of multilingualism, translanguaging, bilingual education, language policy and language practices, written by leading scholars in these fields, and a tribute to the research and influence of Ofelia García. The chapters use a variety of methodological approaches and research designs to address topics across language policy, sociology of language and bilingual education, representing the full breadth of Ofelia García's scholarship. Combined with the empirical chapters are more personal chapters which testify to the contributions Ofelia has made as a mentor, colleague and friend. The book recognizes Ofelia García's place at the centre of a movement to remake multilingualism in the service of linguistic equality, justice, pluralism, diversity and inclusion in schools and societies worldwide. For more, please see the link: https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/Remaking-Multilingualism/?k=9781800410831
Language and Globalization: An Autoethnographic Approach. (New York & London: Routledge, 2017), 2017
This book is a collection of real-life, personal narratives, or stories, on the theme of language... more This book is a collection of real-life, personal narratives, or stories, on the theme of language and globalization. These stories are written by scholars from a range of different sub-disciplines of linguistics, time periods, and geographical spaces throughout the world. Drawing on their lived experiences of life, work and scholarship and through a personal narrative, the chapter authors invite the reader into their own personal, professional or scholarly lives in which they tell their stories of language and its issues and challenges against the backdrop of the global world of the 21st century.
Abstract
The entire destiny of modern linguistics is in fact determined by Saussure’s inaugur... more Abstract
The entire destiny of modern linguistics is in fact determined by Saussure’s inaugural act through which he separates the ‘external’ elements of linguistics from the ‘internal’ elements, and, by reserving the title of linguistics for the latter, excludes from it all […] the political history of those who speak it, or even the geography of the domain where it is spoken, because all of these things add nothing to a knowledge of language taken in itself.
Bourdieu 1991: 33
With these words, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) undermined the foundation of modern linguistics established by Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913). Drawing upon the insights of his Russian predecessor, Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975), Bourdieu argued that language is neither solely a means of communication nor solely a system of internal rules. Situating language within society, he implored linguists to go beyond the internal elements of language to consider its external elements equally, exploring the interaction of language with its surrounding social variables, such as power, politics, ideology, and so forth.
This special issue can be considered a response to Bourdieu’s call. By situating Middle Eastern languages within the diasporic context of the United States, it brings together scholarship that explores the intersection and intersectionality of language with the social variables that exist in society and the implications of such interactions upon languages and their speech communities with regard to language use, attitudes, learning, maintenance, and/or attrition. Although the Middle East is our geographical focus, the eight languages that are brought together in this volume have different origins, belonging to different language families, including Afro-Asiatic, Indo-European, and Turkic. Not only does this volume focus upon vibrant and widely spoken Middle Eastern languages that are national in their countries of origin, namely Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, and more recently Kurdish, but also upon smaller languages that enjoy no official or national status anywhere, notably Western Armenian, Turoyo (a form of Neo-Aramaic), and Juhuri (or Judeo-Tat a form of Tat and part of the larger Judeo-Persian language family). This special issue will be in print soon.
Although Persian is the official language of Iran, there are many regional languages and dialects... more Although Persian is the official language of Iran, there are many regional languages and dialects spoken across the country. Most regional languages are related to Persian and belong to a larger "Iranian " family, itself a branch of Indo-European. Turkish, the major non-Iranian language, spoken in the northwestern
Résumé/Abstract This article consists of a descriptive account of the traditional marriage rites ... more Résumé/Abstract This article consists of a descriptive account of the traditional marriage rites in Māzandarān, followed by two dialect texts with English translation. The ethnography describes various stages involved in a typical traditional marriage, including the proposal ...
... Mazandarani: Language and people (the state of research). Iran and the Caucasus, 8 (2), 289-3... more ... Mazandarani: Language and people (the state of research). Iran and the Caucasus, 8 (2), 289-328. Borjian, H. & Borjian, M.(2006, forthcoming). Traditional economy of Kordkheil, aMazandarani village. Iran-nameh, 14 (1). Boyajian, V.(2000). On Baluchi separatism. ...
... The original goal of lan-guage reform to meet the needs of modern times seems to have often b... more ... The original goal of lan-guage reform to meet the needs of modern times seems to have often been forgotten amid the political upheavals and the contradictory ideological direc ... ed. Ehsan Yarshater), pro-jected to be eighteen volumes, is under publication by IB Tauris, London. ...
This book is both a collection of cutting-edge research in the areas of multilingualism, translan... more This book is both a collection of cutting-edge research in the areas of multilingualism, translanguaging, bilingual education, language policy and language practices, written by leading scholars in these fields, and a tribute to the research and influence of Ofelia García. The chapters use a variety of methodological approaches and research designs to address topics across language policy, sociology of language and bilingual education, representing the full breadth of Ofelia García's scholarship. Combined with the empirical chapters are more personal chapters which testify to the contributions Ofelia has made as a mentor, colleague and friend. The book recognizes Ofelia García's place at the centre of a movement to remake multilingualism in the service of linguistic equality, justice, pluralism, diversity and inclusion in schools and societies worldwide. For more, please see the link: https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/Remaking-Multilingualism/?k=9781800410831
Language and Globalization: An Autoethnographic Approach. (New York & London: Routledge, 2017), 2017
This book is a collection of real-life, personal narratives, or stories, on the theme of language... more This book is a collection of real-life, personal narratives, or stories, on the theme of language and globalization. These stories are written by scholars from a range of different sub-disciplines of linguistics, time periods, and geographical spaces throughout the world. Drawing on their lived experiences of life, work and scholarship and through a personal narrative, the chapter authors invite the reader into their own personal, professional or scholarly lives in which they tell their stories of language and its issues and challenges against the backdrop of the global world of the 21st century.
Abstract
The entire destiny of modern linguistics is in fact determined by Saussure’s inaugur... more Abstract
The entire destiny of modern linguistics is in fact determined by Saussure’s inaugural act through which he separates the ‘external’ elements of linguistics from the ‘internal’ elements, and, by reserving the title of linguistics for the latter, excludes from it all […] the political history of those who speak it, or even the geography of the domain where it is spoken, because all of these things add nothing to a knowledge of language taken in itself.
Bourdieu 1991: 33
With these words, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) undermined the foundation of modern linguistics established by Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913). Drawing upon the insights of his Russian predecessor, Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975), Bourdieu argued that language is neither solely a means of communication nor solely a system of internal rules. Situating language within society, he implored linguists to go beyond the internal elements of language to consider its external elements equally, exploring the interaction of language with its surrounding social variables, such as power, politics, ideology, and so forth.
This special issue can be considered a response to Bourdieu’s call. By situating Middle Eastern languages within the diasporic context of the United States, it brings together scholarship that explores the intersection and intersectionality of language with the social variables that exist in society and the implications of such interactions upon languages and their speech communities with regard to language use, attitudes, learning, maintenance, and/or attrition. Although the Middle East is our geographical focus, the eight languages that are brought together in this volume have different origins, belonging to different language families, including Afro-Asiatic, Indo-European, and Turkic. Not only does this volume focus upon vibrant and widely spoken Middle Eastern languages that are national in their countries of origin, namely Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, and more recently Kurdish, but also upon smaller languages that enjoy no official or national status anywhere, notably Western Armenian, Turoyo (a form of Neo-Aramaic), and Juhuri (or Judeo-Tat a form of Tat and part of the larger Judeo-Persian language family). This special issue will be in print soon.
Although Persian is the official language of Iran, there are many regional languages and dialects... more Although Persian is the official language of Iran, there are many regional languages and dialects spoken across the country. Most regional languages are related to Persian and belong to a larger "Iranian " family, itself a branch of Indo-European. Turkish, the major non-Iranian language, spoken in the northwestern
Résumé/Abstract This article consists of a descriptive account of the traditional marriage rites ... more Résumé/Abstract This article consists of a descriptive account of the traditional marriage rites in Māzandarān, followed by two dialect texts with English translation. The ethnography describes various stages involved in a typical traditional marriage, including the proposal ...
... Mazandarani: Language and people (the state of research). Iran and the Caucasus, 8 (2), 289-3... more ... Mazandarani: Language and people (the state of research). Iran and the Caucasus, 8 (2), 289-328. Borjian, H. & Borjian, M.(2006, forthcoming). Traditional economy of Kordkheil, aMazandarani village. Iran-nameh, 14 (1). Boyajian, V.(2000). On Baluchi separatism. ...
... The original goal of lan-guage reform to meet the needs of modern times seems to have often b... more ... The original goal of lan-guage reform to meet the needs of modern times seems to have often been forgotten amid the political upheavals and the contradictory ideological direc ... ed. Ehsan Yarshater), pro-jected to be eighteen volumes, is under publication by IB Tauris, London. ...
... 5It appears that extensive reforms of the Reza Shah period in Mazandaran did not reach the ga... more ... 5It appears that extensive reforms of the Reza Shah period in Mazandaran did not reach the galesh way of life, but this subject ... in Sotuda-nāma, in the series: Pazhuheshhā-ye Irānshenāsi: Nāmvāra-ye Dr Mahmud Afshār, XV, ed. Iraj Afshar and Karim Esfahanian (Tehran, 2005 ...
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The entire destiny of modern linguistics is in fact determined by Saussure’s inaugural act through which he separates the ‘external’ elements of linguistics from the ‘internal’ elements, and, by reserving the title of linguistics for the latter, excludes from it all […] the political history of those who speak it, or even the geography of the domain where it is spoken, because all of these things add nothing to a knowledge of language taken in itself.
Bourdieu 1991: 33
With these words, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) undermined the foundation of modern linguistics established by Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913). Drawing upon the insights of his Russian predecessor, Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975), Bourdieu argued that language is neither solely a means of communication nor solely a system of internal rules. Situating language within society, he implored linguists to go beyond the internal elements of language to consider its external elements equally, exploring the interaction of language with its surrounding social variables, such as power, politics, ideology, and so forth.
This special issue can be considered a response to Bourdieu’s call. By situating Middle Eastern languages within the diasporic context of the United States, it brings together scholarship that explores the intersection and intersectionality of language with the social variables that exist in society and the implications of such interactions upon languages and their speech communities with regard to language use, attitudes, learning, maintenance, and/or attrition. Although the Middle East is our geographical focus, the eight languages that are brought together in this volume have different origins, belonging to different language families, including Afro-Asiatic, Indo-European, and Turkic. Not only does this volume focus upon vibrant and widely spoken Middle Eastern languages that are national in their countries of origin, namely Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, and more recently Kurdish, but also upon smaller languages that enjoy no official or national status anywhere, notably Western Armenian, Turoyo (a form of Neo-Aramaic), and Juhuri (or Judeo-Tat a form of Tat and part of the larger Judeo-Persian language family). This special issue will be in print soon.
For more, please see the link:
https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/Remaking-Multilingualism/?k=9781800410831
https://www.amazon.com/Language-Globalization-Autoethnographic-Maryam-Borjian/dp/1138227811/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=
The entire destiny of modern linguistics is in fact determined by Saussure’s inaugural act through which he separates the ‘external’ elements of linguistics from the ‘internal’ elements, and, by reserving the title of linguistics for the latter, excludes from it all […] the political history of those who speak it, or even the geography of the domain where it is spoken, because all of these things add nothing to a knowledge of language taken in itself.
Bourdieu 1991: 33
With these words, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) undermined the foundation of modern linguistics established by Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913). Drawing upon the insights of his Russian predecessor, Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975), Bourdieu argued that language is neither solely a means of communication nor solely a system of internal rules. Situating language within society, he implored linguists to go beyond the internal elements of language to consider its external elements equally, exploring the interaction of language with its surrounding social variables, such as power, politics, ideology, and so forth.
This special issue can be considered a response to Bourdieu’s call. By situating Middle Eastern languages within the diasporic context of the United States, it brings together scholarship that explores the intersection and intersectionality of language with the social variables that exist in society and the implications of such interactions upon languages and their speech communities with regard to language use, attitudes, learning, maintenance, and/or attrition. Although the Middle East is our geographical focus, the eight languages that are brought together in this volume have different origins, belonging to different language families, including Afro-Asiatic, Indo-European, and Turkic. Not only does this volume focus upon vibrant and widely spoken Middle Eastern languages that are national in their countries of origin, namely Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew, and more recently Kurdish, but also upon smaller languages that enjoy no official or national status anywhere, notably Western Armenian, Turoyo (a form of Neo-Aramaic), and Juhuri (or Judeo-Tat a form of Tat and part of the larger Judeo-Persian language family). This special issue will be in print soon.