Decentring the growing field of ecolinguistics from its historically Western orientation, this open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between language and the environment in the Global South.
It brings forward new perspectives and voices to broaden our understanding of the role of language in addressing ecological challenges.
Through a series of thought-provoking chapters, the book navigates through various dimensions of ecolinguistics, shedding light on critical issues and innovative approaches across diverse contexts. Case studies include the representation of ecotourism in Morocco, the implementation of ecological ideology in Oman, colonial legacies in Argentina’s food production discourse, ecological identity in Kenya, the role of civets in Indonesian coffee production and life stories about Senegalese ecologies.
Through a blend of theoretical insights and practical applications, the book advocates for a holistic understanding of ecolinguistics that transcends geographical boundaries and cultural nuances.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
Edited by:
Mohamed Mliless (Independent Researcher Morocco),
Mohammed Larouz (Moulay Ismail University of Meknès,
Morocco),
David Stringer (Indiana University Bloomington,
USA),
Diego Luis Forte (University of Buenos Aires,
Argentina),
Dr George M. Jacobs (University of Malaya,
Malaysia)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 236mm,
Width: 164mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781350523807
ISBN 10: 1350523801
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 30 October 2025
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Advances, Challenges and Opportunities for Ecolinguistics in Latin America, Mariana Roccia (University of Gloucestershire, UK) 2. Ecolinguistics and Language Teaching Dialogues, Possibilities, and Contributions, Davi Albuquerque (Nankai University, China) 3. Investigating the Discrepancies between Environmental Education and Students’ Environmental Practices: A Mixed-Method Approach, H. Razkane (Chouaib Doukkali University El Jadida, Morocco), E. El Baghdady (Chouaib Doukkali University El Jadida, Morocco), A. Y. Sayeh (Chouaib Doukkali University El Jadida, Morocco), Mohamed Yeou (Chouaib Doukkali University El Jadida, Morocco) 4. Implementing the Ecological Ideology through the Integration of Ecolinguistic Materials into the EFL Context at Higher Education in Oman, Iman Jabbar Abbas (University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Sultanate of Oman) 5. Children’s Books for Enjoyment, Language Learning, and the Sustainable Development Goals, Chenghao Zhu (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia), Meng Huat Chau (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia), Hisham M. El-Tahawy (Arab Open University, Bahrain), Jasper Roe (James Cook University, Singapore) and George M Jacobs (James Cook University, Singapore) 6. Integrating Ecolinguistic Perspective of Outstanding Universal Values of Subak in English Learning: A Mental Model Analysis, Agung Sri Jayantini (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia), Sang Putu kaler Surata (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia) and Ronald Umbas (Institute of Social and Political Science Wira Bhakti) 7. Representation of Ecotourism in Morocco: An Ecolinguistic and Visual Analysis of YouTube Videos, Mohamed Mliless (Independent researcher, Morocco) and Mohamed Louza (Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco) 8. Colonial Thought, Eco-Industrialism and Speciesism in the Discourse of Argentina’s Food Production Control Agency, Diego L. Forte (National Library of Argentina, Argentina) 9. Ecological Identity in Kenya via Lexicogrammar of Swahili Exploring Ecological Identity in Kenya, Peter Githinji (Kenyatta University, Kenya) and Philip W. Rudd (Pittsburg State University, USA) 10. A Biographical Approach to Decolonial Ecolinguistics Learning from Life Stories on the Margins about Senegalese Ecologies, Mouhamed Abdallah Ly (University of Dakar, Senegal) and Monika Christine Rohmer (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 11. An Ecolinguistic Analysis of the Role of Civets in Indonesian “Civet Coffee”, Ingrid Gavilán Tatin (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia), George M Jacobs (James Cook University, Singapore), Meng Huat Chua (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia), Chenghao Zhu (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia) and Aditya Alam Soeta Bangsa (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia) Conclusion, Mohamed Mliless (Independent Researcher, Morocco) Index
Mohamed Mliless is an independent researcher in Ecolinguistics and Critical Environmental Discourse Analysis, Meknes, Morocco. Mohammed Larouz is Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at Moulay Ismail University of Meknes, Morocco. David Stringer is Associate Professor of Second Language Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Diego Luis Forte is an Academic Consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture of Argentina and a Professor of Multimodality at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. George M Jacobs teaches and writes for Kampung Senang Charity and Education Foundation, Singapore. Meng Huat Chau is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education at Zhejiang International Studies University, China.
Reviews for Ecolinguistics, Social Justice and Sustainability: Voices from the Global South
This latest anthology in the book series, as the title suggests, sets an example for an emerging decolonial/postcolonial approach to ecolinguistics as a global ideology. By drawing on such Latin American frameworks as ecosystemic linguistics and ecosystemic discourse analysis, the eleven closely-connected but diversely-presented chapters offer an all-round critique of the prevailing anthropocentric ideologies, for instance, linguistic imperialism, manifested in various domains such as environmental education and tourism industries, in search for such notions of sustainable tourism as new ecoideologies to live by. * Wenjuan Zhou, Associate Professor, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, P. R. China * This book opens a window on ecolinguistics as it is being thought and lived from diverse Global South perspectives. The chapters offer grounded, original insights into the links among language, justice, and ecology. A timely and much-needed contribution to the field as a whole. * Douglas Ponton, University of Catania, Italy *
