At Shugyōkai, language and its effects/affects are a top interest. The following concepts are critical for members of Ujiko-Sūkeisha of Mugen Jūgōki Jinja.
Linguistics
Linguistic Relativism
Language shaping experience & reality.
Classic Sapir-Whorf in strong and weak flavors.
Linguistics
Speech Act Theory
A tripartite view of language’s action.
Austin’s (1962) classic, useful for analysts.
Linguistics
Communities of Practice
Sociolinguistic language community topologies by practice.
Lave and Wenger’s concept.
Linguistics
Speech/Language Communities
Classic ideas of a language community.
Bloomfield’s 1926 construction.
Linguistics
Creoles
Crystallized languages formed around repeated contact.
Linguistics
Pidgins
Language formed at contact.
