Katrin Kohl: Modern Languages | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781509540549 | Modern Languages | Why It Matters | Katrin Kohl | Taschenbuch | 140 S.

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Beschreibung

It might seem as if globalization is making the whole world speak English. But spend time in any major city and you are likely to encounter a cornucopia of languages. Even monolingual people have different ways of speaking to their bosses or teachers, their intimate friends or their pets. And if you live in India or Nigeria, you might use five different languages during a typical day.

Katrin Kohl makes a passionate case for why we must embrace languages in all their diversity. When you study a language, you open a unique doorway into the world, immerse yourself in a different way of seeing, and discover new ways of communicating with people from different cultures on their terms. Kohl argues that language diversity is of vital importance to human societies, sustaining the complexity of human nature, culture and technology. We should care about preserving it as much as we care about preserving the diversity of our biological world.

Über den Autor

Katrin Kohl is Professor of German Literature at the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Why Languages Matter

1 Understanding Identity

Divergence and Convergence in the World of Languages

Cultural Identities and Language Diversity

Preserving Linguistic Identities

Languages as a Political Minefield

Notes

2 Experimenting with a New Medium

Tapping into Creative Potential

Everyone's a Linguist

Committing to a Language

The Infinite Potential of Transferable Skills

Notes

3 Exploring Difference

Untranslatable Words?

Translating Nuggets of Cultural History

The Past and Future of Translation

Notes

4 Training Cultural Intelligence

The Role of Languages in Cultural Intelligence

Does Language Influence How We Think?

Cultural Intelligence in Practice

Recognizing Limits

Notes

5 Developing the Imagination

Straight to the Heart

Creative Subversions

Stimulating the Imagination

Notes

6 Negotiating Globalization

National Identity and Globalization

Legacies of Colonialism

National or Transnational?

Empowering Language Diversity

Notes

Afterword: Sustaining a Multilingual Future

Notes

Further Reading

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft , Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	140 S.
ISBN-13:	9781509540549
ISBN-10:	1509540547
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kohl, Katrin
Hersteller:	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, amartine@wiley-vch.de
Maße:	124 x 189 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Katrin Kohl
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.12.2020
Gewicht:	0,182 kg