The New Peace Linguistics and the Role of Language in Conflict

by Andy Curtis

Book Overview

The idea of Peace Linguistics (PL) has been around for decades. However, the practice of PL has only occurred much more recently, only within the last few years, since the first credit-bearing, university-level PL course was taught at Brigham Young University-Hawaii in 2017. Since then, the field of NPL has grown beyond its original goals, of using peaceful language and language that avoids or de-escalates conflict. The New Peace Linguistics (NPL)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164802730X
• ISBN13: 9781648027307
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"