''The long-awaited compendium of Bang and D--r''s writings on dialectical ecolinguisticsis enhanced by a helpful introduction and intelligent editing. An important milestonein the history of ecolinguistics.''Professor Peter M-hlh-ler, University of Adelaide, Australia''Linguistics is on the threshold of a scientific revolution. This book uses a radicallynew approach in that it describes a dialectical relation between three poles: our use oflanguage, global capitalist society and the current ecological crisis. The volume, whichasks questions such as how to solve conflicts peacefully and how to avoid exploitationof the earth''s resources, is to be welcomed as a new departure in the study of language,ecology and society.''Alwin Fill, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Graz, AustriaLanguage, Ecology and Society presents a view of language and ecology from a dialectical perspective.In this analysis, language is seen as a multidimensional phenomenon, which both shapes and is sha
