Abstract

This article argues that human–animal relationships are a key conceptual terrain for applied linguists to intervene in emerging interdisciplinary debates on how to address problematic human–environment relations in a time of growing ecological degradation. The scientific diagnosis of the Anthropocene has further generated critical discussion in the social sciences on the need to understand the diversity of local cultural responses to global environmental crises, ranging from climate change to species extinction. This article proposes that a ‘green applied linguistics’ can offer empirical insights into the role of language and discourse in mediating diverse human relationships with animals and nature. Taking human interactions with protected wildlife as one aspect of these wider socio-environmental debates, this article builds on recent embodied, materialist and posthumanist research in applied linguistics to suggest that nexus analysis offers a holistic methodology to examine the problematic ways people become caught up with threatened species through their semiotic practices. I illustrate these ideas through examples from my ethnographic research on the convergence of sea turtle conservation and ecotourism practices at Laniākea Beach, Hawai‘i.

中文翻译：

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走向绿色的应用语言学：夏威夷的人海龟符号学组合

摘要

本文认为，人与动物之间的关系是应用语言学家干预在生态退化加剧时如何解决有问题的人与环境关系的新兴跨学科辩论的关键概念领域。人类世的科学诊断进一步引发了社会科学界关于需要理解当地文化应对全球环境危机（从气候变化到物种灭绝）的多样性的需求的批判性讨论。本文提出，“绿色应用语言学”可以提供语言和话语在调解人类与动物和自然的各种关系中的作用的经验性见解。本文将人类与受保护的野生动植物的互动作为这些更广泛的社会环境辩论的一个方面，在此基础上，本文进一步阐述了 唯物主义和后人类主义在应用语言学中的研究表明，联系分析提供了一种整体方法论，以检验人们通过符号学实践而陷入受威胁物种的问题方式。我通过人种学研究的实例阐述了这些想法，这些人种学研究涉及夏威夷Laniākea海滩海龟养护和生态旅游实践的融合。