From Cognitivism to Ecologism in Language Studies

The present volume is a reflection of the current emerging phase, of ecolinguistics. The chapters show a newly-born scientific presence and growing stamina of ecolinguistics; and, at the same time, an eclecticism and some (orderly) dis-order of themes and methods which are taken up by linguistics scholars involved in eco-linguistic explorations.

Recent decades of studies have been human-centred while zooming in on cognition, verbal choices and performance. () [and] have provided interesting results, but which often veer towards quantity rather than quality findings. The new reality, however, requires new directions that move towards a humanism that is rooted in holism, stressing that a living organism needs to refocus in order to see the self as a part of a vast ecosystem.

Dr Izabela Dixon, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

This volume is a collection of eight chapters by different authors focusing on ecolinguistics. It is preceded by a preface (..) underlin[ing] the presence of ecolinguistics as a newly-born linguistic theory and practice, something that explains the mosaic of content and method in the various chapters, with a more coherent approach being the aim for future research.

Prof. Harald Ulland, Bergen University, Norway

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