Ebook: Language and identity : national, ethnic, religious

This book attempts to put forward a coherent view of identity as a linguistic phenomenon in a way that will speak to people across a wide
range of interests. That is, inevitably, an undertaking fraught with
opportunities for failure. I am a linguist by training and profession – a
broad-minded linguist, I think – but inevitably more attuned to the
interests that arise from my field than to neighbouring ones, despite my
best efforts. The final chapter will consider what exactly these intellectual boundaries themselves mean in terms of identity.