Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks
«“My curiosity turned to pleasure as I read on, since Fians’ writing is both ethnographically rich … and theoretically sound … . Thorough and easy to read, with material from real speakers and situations, Fians’ book would make an excellent text for courses dealing with sociolinguistics and multilingualism – and, of course, for those focused on constructed languages. It could also serve as a model for those conducting research in constructed-language settings and, more generally, for those working with international and dispersed communities.” (Christine Schreyer, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, July 31, 2022)»
This book explores how Esperanto – often regarded as a future-oriented utopian project that ended up confined to the past – persists in the present. Constructed in the late nineteenth century to promote global linguistic understanding, this language was historically linked to anarchism, communism and pacifism. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 267
- ISBN
- 9783030842321
- Utgivelsesår
- 2023
- Format
- 21 x 15 cm
Om forfatteren
Guilherme Fians is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Brasília, Brazil and Co-Director of the Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, Netherlands/USA.
Anmeldelser
«“My curiosity turned to pleasure as I read on, since Fians’ writing is both ethnographically rich … and theoretically sound … . Thorough and easy to read, with material from real speakers and situations, Fians’ book would make an excellent text for courses dealing with sociolinguistics and multilingualism – and, of course, for those focused on constructed languages. It could also serve as a model for those conducting research in constructed-language settings and, more generally, for those working with international and dispersed communities.” (Christine Schreyer, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, July 31, 2022)»