New Book “Nonkilling Linguistics: Practical Applications”
The Center for Global Nonkilling has released its latest book Nonkilling Linguistics: Practical Applications, which includes a selection of eight chapters prepared by members of its Nonkilling Linguistics Research Committee and edited by Patricia Friedrich. The volume can be downloaded for free from CGNK’s website and paperback copies can be ordered at US$ 15.
Nonkilling speaks both to the goal of preserving the physical lives of individuals, communities, other species, the environment as well as the more metaphorical but also extremely important survival of languages, cultures, histories (oral and written), literary manifestations, etc. The list is vast and varied, and the good news is that a nonkilling mentality can be applied to all these realms and lives. This volume helps us start exploring the potential of the nonkilling paradigm when it comes to language use, education and legislation. As many are aware, language permeates most facets of human experience: we use different forms of language and literacy to establish contact with one another, to communicate our thoughts and feelings, to make sense of the world around us, and ultimately to realize our destiny as social beings.
Authors include Patricia Friedrich, Francisco Gomes de Matos, Lauren Chamberlain, José Marcelo Freitas de Luna, Shelley Wong, Maryam Saroughi, Enio Moraes Júnior, Murilo Jardelino da Costa, Joseph-G Turi and James Whitton.
