Untying the mother tongue
Untying the Mother Tongue explores what it might mean today to speak of someone's attachment to a particular, primary language. Traditional conceptions of mother tongue are often seen as an expression of the ideology of a European nation-state. Yet, current celebrations of multilingualism refle...
| Published in: | Cultural inquiry |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin
ICI Berlin Press
2023
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Cultural inquiry (vol. 26)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Cultural inquiry
vol. 26 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Native language
/ Language acquisition
/ Linguistics
/ Literary criticism
/ Multilingualism
/ Feeling
/ Resistance
/ Philosophy
/ Derrida, Jacques 1930-2004
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| Further subjects: | B
Resistance
B Collection of essays B Multilingualism B Native language B Literary Criticism B Affect (Psychology) B Linguistics B Language acquisition B Philosophy |
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| Summary: | Untying the Mother Tongue explores what it might mean today to speak of someone's attachment to a particular, primary language. Traditional conceptions of mother tongue are often seen as an expression of the ideology of a European nation-state. Yet, current celebrations of multilingualism reflect the recent demands of global capitalism, raising other challenges. The contributions from international scholars on literature, philosophy, and culture, analyze and problematize the concept of 'mother tongue', rethinking affective and cognitive attachments to language while deconstructing its metaphysical, capitalist, and colonialist presuppositions. |
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| ISBN: | 3965580493 |