ERL CONCEPTUAL BANK - SETTINGS
Focus:
WHERE
In what areas is language employed?
Lenses:
references to different disciplines
Scope:
as interdisciplinary as possible
Subject matter:
language used in various walks of life and present all over the place
INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS
The mother tongue is the true homeland.
— Wilhelm von Humboldt
Between two languages lies a third space where identity is negotiated.
— Homi K. Bhabha
Language is the key to inclusion and exclusion.
— Pierre Bourdieu
Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence.
— George Steiner