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Title:Linguistics and Political Science: A Strategy for Interdisciplinary and Ethical Research Methodology on Language Endangerment and Political Conflict
Bibliographic Citation:Chelliah, Shobhana, Meernik, James, King, Kimi; 2020-11; Kaipuleohone University of Hawai'i Digital Language Archive;http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24967.
Creator:Chelliah, Shobhana
Meernik, James
King, Kimi
Date (W3CDTF):2020-11
Description:We propose that linguists and political scientists develop an interdisciplinary and ethical research strategy for studying the relationships between language endangerment and political conflict. A leading cause of language endangerment is political violence driven by outside actors who expropriate land, extract resources, and displace individuals, many of whom reside in communities that speak endangered languages. Most language documentation projects, however, do not address the political landscape that causes the conflict, whether it is history, language policy, conflict over natural resources and ethno-religious identities, or absent and co-opted governmental institutions experienced by the communities in question. At the same time, political scientists have developed models to explain and predict the political conflict and violence that threaten entire communities and can also explain why indigenous communities are particularly at risk of being harmed by this type of violence. We suggest that an interdisciplinary strategy that combines some of the large N data analysis strengths of political science with the qualitative, community-driven research of linguists can best help scholars understand the determinants of language loss; conduct such research ethically, and help utilize the fruits of this research to support and empower endangered language communities.
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Format:25 pages
Identifier:Chelliah, Shobhana, James Meernik, & Kimi King. 2020. Linguistics and Political Science: A Strategy for Interdisciplinary and Ethical Research Methodology on Language Endangerment and Political Conflict. Language Documentation & Conservation 14: 667-691.
1934-5275
Identifier (URI):http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24967
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Rights:Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
Subject:political science
interdisciplinary
ethics
politics
Table Of Contents:chelliah_et_al.pdf
Type:Article
Type (DCMI):Text

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