New Thought of Ecolinguistics and Its Implications to Ecological Discourse Analysis

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2022.05.010

Abstract

Abstract:

Arran Stibbe defines the term “ecolinguistics” as “the study of the role of language in the life-sustaining interactions of humans with other species and the physical environment” in the monograph of second edition entitled Ecolinguistics (Stibbe 2021). Previous studies inclined to “influencing how humans treat ecosystems”, however, it has been changed into “seeing language as part of ecosystems” under the guidance of new thought. Starting from Stibbe’s recent thought, this study reviews ecolinguistics studies and the general framework of discourse analysis, focusing on implications for ecological discourse analysis in China. The results show that our ecological discourse analysis should concentrate on three aspects: (1) exploring the ecological value of our traditional culture, (2) refining the types of ecological discourse, and (3) improving the level of ecological literacy. This is of great significance in terms of further developments of ecolinguistics studies in China.

Key words: ecolinguistics ecological discourse, analysis, analytical, framework

CLC Number:

H0-6

HA Changchen, HUANG Guowen. New Thought of Ecolinguistics and Its Implications to Ecological Discourse Analysis[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2022, 22(5): 88-96.

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