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ECOLINGUISTICS: AN OVERVIEW

1. An epistemological turn Historically, culturally, and developmentally, language is prior to science. Moreover, science itself is a construct of language, because scientists impose their language on what they assume is there to be named by that language (Harris 2005). The role of language in the lives of humans is of paramount importance; yet, the millennia-long study of language has not produced any noticeable effects on human praxis as distinguished from poiesis and teoria (in the Aristotelian sense) – unlike, for example, in physics, chemistry, biology, or computer science. This is indicative of a deep methodological crisis in linguistics, whose epistemological foundation precludes our understanding of the very nature of language (Kravchenko 2015). The ousting of the ideology of holism from scientific research, and the persisting infatuation with analytism have led to an extreme fragmentation of our knowledge of the world, and language as a specific mode of human existence ...
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NIGERIA ECOLINGUISTICS ASSOCATION IN COLLOBORATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ECOLINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES HER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020 (VIRTUAL PLATFORM) 7th – 9th December, 2020   About the Conference:   The issue of environment and its cultivation and preservation is as old as man itself. Environmental concerns have been expressed from different disciplines and from different regions of the world. Researchers have carried out studies on the subject of environment from diverse perspectives. The scientist and social scientists have also been interested in the subject. The topic has also caught the attention of linguists and language scholars and this has led to a sub-discipline of language study known as ecolinguistics which is an interrelationship between language and the environment.  The International Conference is organized by the Nigeria Ecolinguistics Association in collaboration with the International Ecolinguistics Association to brainstorm on ...
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The first aim of the Nigeria Ecolinguistics Association is to develop linguistic theories which see humans not only as part of Nigerian society, but also as part of the larger ecosystems that life depends on, both in Nigeria and abroad. The second aim of the association is to show how linguistics can be used to address key ecological issues in Nigeria, from climate change and biodiversity loss to environmental justice. If you would like to join us, then please contact the convener by clicking here .
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