Beyond Babel : scholarly organizations and the study of languages and literatures / edited by Tom Clark ; assistant editor Paddy Gordon.
"The contribution that scholarly organizations make to the study of languages and literatures is a service to the value of systematically learning and using meaning-understanding that meaning operates in systems. Constructively speaking, these organizations support the teaching and research of...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2022]
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| Series: | Scholarly organizations and the study of languages and literatures.
FILLM studies in languages and literatures ; v. 18. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "The contribution that scholarly organizations make to the study of languages and literatures is a service to the value of systematically learning and using meaning-understanding that meaning operates in systems. Constructively speaking, these organizations support the teaching and research of our world's experts in grammar, genre, medium, production, reception, exchange, critique, appreciation, and so on. More defensively, they are bulwarks against systems of misinformation, against the empowerment of misrepresentation and distrust between people. The chapters in this volume range from the Old Testament to Facebook and from East Asia to West Africa via Australia, the Americas, and Europe. The scholarly strength forged across that range speaks to similar strengths that so many scholarly organizations devoted to studies in languages and literatures have cultivated and maintained-often in the face of government indifference or hostility towards the Humanities. Beyond Babel makes a powerful case for their potential"-- |
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| Item Description: | "This volume's discussions derive from papers given to a 2018 symposium on "The Contribution to the Humanities of Learned Societies: Past, Present, and Future," which took place at the University of Vienna". |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9027256993 9789027256997 |