1st Edition

Revisiting Ethnolinguistic Vitality Language and Subcultural Repertoires

By Natasha E. Ravyse Copyright 2022
224 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

224 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

224 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This book examines traditional theories of linguistic vitality in the context of subcultural languages. It argues that traditional methods of investigating linguistic vitality are, according to existing literature, not as reliable as they appear and therefore limited in their testability. The author looks at themes such as the relationships between language and culture, ethnicity within the scope... Read more

1. The theory before the theory  2. The alchemy of theory building: An overview of methodological considerations  3. Back to the future – Ethnolinguistic vitality  4. The underworld, neo-tribes and fantasy: Culture and language  5. The nitty-gritty – An SLR for subcultural linguistic vitality elements  6. Putting it all together and testing it out  7. The as-fancy-as-it-gets-for-me stats chapter  8. A final word         

Biography

Natasha E. Ravyse lectures at the North-West University (Faculty of Law), South Africa, and has also received an excellence award in lecturing. She has a PhD in linguistics and literary theory, which was accepted without condition by her international reviewers. She has dedicated her entire postgraduate career to exploring subcultural languages from both a literature and real-world perspective. Her MA received an institutional excellence award for being the best dissertation in 2014, and she is a member of an international honours society for ranking in the top 15% of scholars, on a national stage. She is continuing her research and publications in academic journals.