Final Exam Topics

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International communication and international languages

Ilona Koutny and Michael Farris

2011 Final exam topics

International communication:

Historical international languages :

Sumerian, Akkadian, Old Aramaic, Koine Greek, Latin, Arabic, Sanskrit

Living international / world languages:

Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, German and Russian  … criteria:

See: Wiki: World language, The World's 10 most influential Languages, Lingua franca, International auxiliary language

International English and Language Policy of the European Union:

Abstract by Robert Phillipson:

http://www.uea.org/vikio/Summary_Of_English-Only_Europe

Nitobe center for language democracy: http://en.nitobe.info/ld/index.php

unequitable profit of UK – Report by François Grin:

 (http://en.nitobe.info/ar/kampanjoj/grin-letero.php)

National, international, natural and modified forms of English

Globish (trademark product):  http://www.globish.com/

English as a Lingua Franca : Implications for English teachers:

http://www.tesol-france.org/Colloquium09/Ur_Plenary_Handouts.pdf

Creoles and pidgins:

Interlinguistics: field see Wiki Interlinguistics

Goals of language planning

Planned international languages:

A priori languages (Solresol, …),

Philosophical languages (Leibniz: language as mathematics)

A posteriori languages (Volapük, Ido, Interlingua ß IALA)

Comparison of Esperanto, Ido and Interlingua

http://eo.nitobe.info/ld/lingvoj/planlingvoj.php

Constructed languages (Lojban, Toki Pona….)

Structure of Esperanto - Ease and utility of acquisition (Springboard)

Esperanto grammar (list of affixes), Esperanto vocabulary (list of affixes) à Wiki

Esperanto culture – presentation of IK + poems

Reduced bibliography

One piece of each group of the reduced bibliography is required :

I

Fiedler, Sabine 2010: Approaches to fair linguistic communication'. European Journal of Language Policy, 2.1  http://bjalisto.googlegroups.com/attach/8e1f5ba1d5327c97/fiedler_Approaches+to+fair+linguistic+communication.pdf?gda=E9M4TUYAAAAhAokN6NGZr0cB080KNBjoeDLSuIvYgRi0Tb_6ZG2sesZfMXXcY_N0W5zlOobwFfBx40jamwa1UURqDcgHarKEE-Ea7GxYMt0t6nY0uV5FIQ&view=1&part=4

Piron, Claude: Linguistic Communication - A Comparative Field Study. http://claudepiron.free.fr/articlesenanglais/communication.htm

Piron, Claude: The Trilingual European: a realistic expectation?

Piron, Claude: Psychological Aspects of the World Language Problem and of Esperanto. http://claudepiron.free.fr/articlesenanglais/psychologicalaspects.htm

Piron, Claude: The language challenge -- facing up to reality http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Piron&search_type=&aq=f

Montagut, Abel: The Contribution of the International Language Esperanto towards Linguistic Diversity 

Schubert, Klaus (Ed.) 1989: Interlinguistics. Aspects of the Science of Planned Languages. Berlin / New York: Mouton de Gruyter; Intr. http://dok.esperantic.org/ced/interl.htm

II

Skutnabb-Kangas, T. & Phillipson, R: Linguistic Human Rights: Overcoming Linguistic Discrimination, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1994.

Tove Skutnabb-Kangas: Communication and Power – A Rational Perspective

Tonkin, H. (2003-2004): Language and society. Issues in Global Education 178. New York: The American Forum for Global Education.  http://www.globaled.org/issues/178F.pdf

Mark Fettes: Language Policy and Linguistic Rights at the United Nations

Françoise Cestac: International Communication in an Era of Cultural Globalization (eo, fr)

III

Mufwene, Salikoko (2001): Creoles, Pidgins and the Evolution of Languages: http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/2/21701718/

Haitao Liu (2001): Creoles, Pidgins and Planned Languages. Language Evolution under Special Coditions. In: K. Schubert (ed.): Planned Languages: From Concept to Reality. Brussels Hogeshool voor Wetenschap en Kunst. 121-177. http://www.lingviko.net/plliufina.pdf

Kuo, I-Chun (Vicky) (2004) Addressing the issue of teaching English as a lingua franca

http://203.72.145.166/ELT/files/60-3-1.pdf

Hülmbauer, Cornelia, Heike Böhringer, Barbara Seidlhofer (2008) Introducing English as a lingua franca (ELF): Precursor and partner in international communication

http://ressources-cla.univ-fcomte.fr/gerflint/Europe3/hulmbauer.pdf