Wim Vandenbussche, Ernst Håkon Jahr and Peter Trudgill (eds.): Lan-guage Ecology for the 21st Century: Linguistic Conflicts and Social Environ-ments.

Abstract

Reviewing a book which is even slightly connected to the works of Einar Hau-gen as a foreigner in Norway seems like a daring endeavour. Unavoidably, one stumbles. “From crumbling cliffs our view follows as on upward and downward currents the gulls, shags and eagles of thought and emotion glide and swoop, weave over the water webs of brightness and sad sound, patterns perceived dif-ferently by each observer” (LePage, when reviewing Dell Hymes in 1979). The cliffs of book reviews, much as the gentle cliffs of the Southern Norwegian fjords, can hopefully be navigated safely...