This collection brings together contributions from a new wave of research into language, space, and place, at the intersection of various disciplines, from geography to sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. The authors investigate the myriad ways that people conceive of―and thereby describe―the world around them, studying the impact these ideas have on their identities, and highlighting the tension between conflicting ontologies of space.
It is a timely and invaluable new resource for researchers and students in linguistics, geography, anthropology and communication.
Author(s): Greg Niedt
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 362
City: Singapore
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1: Introduction
Interdisciplinary Background
The Purpose of this Book
Summary of Chapters
Future Directions
References
Part I: Reconceptualizing the Landscape
2: Southeast Asian Island City-State, Singapore: Multi-Scalar Spatial Fictions and the Hinterland within
Geographic Storytelling, Embedded Deictic/Social Fields, Spatial Fictions
Singapore’s Raciolinguistic Situation
Southeast Asian Island City-State, Singapore
Region
Island
City
Nation/State
Balik Kampung and Geographic Stories of the Hinterland within
Region
Island
City
Nation/State
Conclusion
References
3: The Geographic Sides of Small-Scale Multilingualism: New Challenges in Linguistic Cartography
Introduction
Multilingualism in Linguistic Geography
A Terminological Problem: The Three Distinct Senses of “Multilingualism”
Representing Linguistic Diversity in (Urban) Space
Representing Societal Multilingualism in Space
Problems of Superposition
Representation of Code-Function and Domain-Code Associations
Representing Individual Multilingualism in Space
Diglossic and Non-diglossic Environments
Lower Fungom
Views from/of Small-Scale Multilingualism
Language Location from a Small-Scale Multilingualism Perspective
Representing Small-Scale Multilingualism
Affective Maps of Multilingual Individuals
Conclusions
References
4: Border Texts: Border-Crossing Narratives and Local Myths in the Russian-Chinese Border Areas of Russia
Introduction
The Russian-Chinese Border Area, its Past and Present
Studying Border Texts: Methods and Data
Mythologizing the Border
Alienating the Border
Domesticating the Border
Instead of Conclusions: The Closed Border
References
Part II: Decolonize This Space
5: Nā Wahi Pana I Hoʻonalowale ʻIa…Ā Loaʻa Hou: Hawaiian Place Name Loss and Recovery in “Paradise”
Waikīkī’s History
Act 61: The Legislation that Enabled Change
Remaking through Reclamation
The Current and Future Landscapes
Conclusion
References
6: Place Names and their Places: Considering Layers of Language, Landscape, and Relief
Introduction
Toponymy and Beyond: The Study of Place Names and their Meanings
Indigenous Languages in the Landscape: Endangerment and Revitalization
Settler Colonialist Place Naming: Replacing, Eroding, and Distorting
Names that Exist Out of Time and Place
Generalization
Placelessness and Dislocation
Settler Legibility
Place Name Restorations and Liberatory Practices of Repair
Place Names and Liberatory Practices of Repair
The Practice of Place Name Restoration: A Guiding Ethos
Conclusion
References
7: “Often Confused as”: Contestations of Colonial Place Making in the Yukon Territory, Canada
Introduction
A Brief Colonial Contact Overview
Yukon Land Claims
Struggles over Naming Places
Place Making through Stories
Conclusion
References
Part III: Speaking of the Environment
8: What Role Does Language Play in Conserving Forests and Culture? Multi-lingual Ethnobotanical Booklets in the African Savanna
Introduction
Local Language Retention and Celebration
Local Language and Conservation
Language Weakening
Language Retention in Ethnobotany
Tanzania
Study Site and Methods
Study Site
Methods
Booklets and Intergenerational Transmission
Product and Process
Intergenerational Transference
Importance and Outreach
Further Directions
Conclusion
References
9: “Trolls Had Been Moving Your Tongues:” Language, Landscape, and Folklore in Iceland
Introduction
Theoretical Framework
Methodology
Discourse Analysis
Selection of Literature
Definitions
Results and Discussion
Emplacement Through Nomenclature
Moral Geography
Taboos and Consequences
Identity and Dis-identity
Filling up the Land: The Origin of Elves
Non-normativity
Directions of Fit
Conclusions
References
Part IV: Grassroots Linguistic Geography
10: Toponymic Ambiguity and Plural Toponymies on Private Property
Toponymic Ambiguity and Plural Toponmies
Researching Toponyms in Ulco
Ulco-West OR Location, Kgorokwe and Lahlumlenze?
Written Toponymic Exclusions
One Mile: Oral Invention
Conclusion
References
11: Ancestral Centers and Bureaucratic Boundaries: Sociolinguistic Scaling in an Eastern Indonesian Polity
Introduction
Chronotopes and Sociolinguistic Scaling in Indonesia
Setting and Background
Ancestral Chronotopes
Shifting Scales
Conclusions
References
12: Participatory Urban Planning Rituals in Brazil: Technical Language as a Challenge to the Democratic Production of Space
Introduction
The Power of Technical Language
The Brazilian Urban Planning Field
The Empirical Objects: Two Participatory Urban Planning Processes in the City of Belo Horizonte
The Participation Ritual
Conclusions
References
13: Between Toponymy and Cartography: An Evolving Geography of Heritage in George Town, Malaysia
Introduction
Mapping George Town’s Heritage
Early Planning Efforts
Towards a (Redefined) Historic Enclave
Between Ethnonationalism and Multiculturalism: A Compromised Cartography of Heritage
Ironies of Cartography: Seven Streets Versus Clan Jetties
Seven Streets Precinct
Clan Jetties
Lines and Names: Techniques of Inclusion and Exclusion
References
Index
