The 21st century has seen the start of the systematic development of ‘language and religion’ as a subfield of sociolinguistics (Darquennes and Vandenbussche 2011). Studies in this subfield have pointed to two fundamental issues: firstly, the importance of language for the maintenance of religion and religious practices and, vice-versa, the importance of religious practices for the maintenance of language and, secondly, the role of language and religion as markers of identity (Mukherjee 2013). This chapter presents a general view of both these issues, with particular consideration of language and religious identities within the field of applied linguistics.
Souza, Ana
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\School of Education
Year of publication: 2016Date of RADAR deposit: 2018-01-09