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Type: | Book chapter |
Title: | Revivalistics: Language reclamation, spirituality and wellbeing |
Author: | Zuckermann, G. |
Citation: | Religion Matters: The Contemporary Relevance of Religion, 2020 / Babie, P., Sarre, R. (ed./s), Ch.13, pp.217-229 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Publisher Place: | Singapore |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
ISBN: | 9811524882 9789811524882 |
Editor: | Babie, P. Sarre, R. |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ghil’ad Zuckermann |
Abstract: | To what extent does knowledge and use of language affect spirituality and wellbeing? Hallett et al. discovered a clear correlation in British Columbia (Canada) between Aboriginal language loss and youth suicide. However, so far there has been no study of a correlation in the other direction, i.e. the impact of language revival on improved mental health and reduction in suicide. There is some evidence that just as language loss increases suicidal ideation and depression, language gain reduces mental ill-health, and improves spirituality and wellbeing. In this chapter I make these links, and argue that language revival reconnects people who have ‘lost’ their ‘soul’ with their cultural autonomy, intellectual sovereignty and spirituality. |
Rights: | © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-15-2489-9_13 |
Published version: | https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811524882 |
Appears in Collections: | Linguistics publications |
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