Chapter 1. What is Esperanto?

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of figures xi
4. List of tables xiii
5. List of abbreviations xv
6. Key to transcription symbols xvii
7. A note to the reader xix
8. Part I. Introduction
9. Chapter 1. What is Esperanto? 3
10. Chapter 2. What is a lingua franca? 9
11. Chapter 3. Previous interlinguistic research 15
12. Chapter 4. The aim of this book 19
13. Chapter 5. Methods and data 21
14. Chapter 6. On the structure of this book 27
15. Part II. Esperanto – an overview
16. Chapter 7. Planned languages and interlinguistics 31
17. Chapter 8. The history and ideological background of the Esperanto movement 39
18. Chapter 9. Main current domains 47
19. Chapter 10. Esperanto as a family language and the phenomenon of Esperanto “native speakers” 53
20. Chapter 11. Esperanto as a linguistic system 59
21. Part III. Excursus
22. Chapter 12. Introduction 73
23. Chapter 13. The use of Esperanto for artistic purposes 75
24. Chapter 14. The use of the glottonym Esperanto 77
25. Chapter 15. The use of Esperanto words in branding 81
26. Chapter 16. Some concluding remarks on Esperanto outside its speech community 91
27. Part IV. The main characteristics of Esperanto communication
28. Chapter 17. Introduction 95
29. Chapter 18. Metacommunication 97
30. Chapter 19. Working towards mutual understanding Repairs 125
31. Chapter 20. Humour 153
32. Chapter 21. Phraseological units and metaphors 193
33. Chapter 22. Code-switching in Esperanto communication 251
34. Chapter 23. Written vs oral Esperanto 269
35. Chapter 24. Attitudes to accents 307
36. Chapter 25. Esperanto and language change 325
37. Chapter 26. Esperanto as a corporate language 351
38. Part V. Conclusion
39. Chapter 27. The main characteristics of Esperanto communication 371
40. Chapter 28. The speakers of Esperanto and their culture 375
41. Chapter 29. Language “ownership” 377
42. Chapter 30. Final remarks 379
43. Bibliography 381
44. Appendices 411
45. Appendix 1. Recordings and other sources 411
46. Appendix 2. The sixteen rules of the Fundamental Grammar of Esperanto 423
47. Index 427