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Language and Religion

Name: Language and Religion
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Author: Nino Haustein
ISBN: 978-3-656-47272-8

A brief introduction to the Bahá’í Faith, its doctrines on language and its socio-ethnical and linguistic structure

Term Paper, 2013

16 Pages, Grade: 1,3

Nino Haustein (Author)

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Content

Introduction

1. The Baha’i Faith and some of its Central Teachings

2. The Socio-Ethnic Structure of the Baha’i Religion

3. A Survey Concerning the Ethnical and Linguistic Structure of the German Baha’i Community
3.1 Introduction to the Survey & Assumptions for the Creation of the Questions
3.2 The Statistic Outcome ofthe Survey
3.3 An Evaluation of the Survey

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Title: Language and Religion
Subtitle: A brief introduction to the Bahá’í Faith, its doctrines on language and its socio-ethnical and linguistic structure
College: Dresden Technical University (Institute of English and American Studies)
Course: Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Grade: 1,3
Author: Nino Haustein (Author)
Year: 2013
Pages: 16
Catalog Number: V230824
ISBN (eBook): 9783656472490
ISBN (Book): 9783656472728
File size: 490 KB
Language: English
Notes: This seminar paper deals with relations between language and religion. It takes a closer look at the connections of language and the Baha’i Faith in general and in Germany. It focuses on the development of this world religion and its evolution towards a global faith. It deals with religious teachings that influence its structure and an insight into statistics on the backgrounds of the Baha’i community respectively as well as conclusions about their linguistic composition are provided. Finally, details about a survey conducted from Feb 06 to March 17 2013 will be presented and elaborated on.
Keywords: Religion, Linguistik, Bahai, Baha'i, Soziolinguistik, sociolinguistics, linguistics, faith, language, Sprache, Weltsprache, Weltreligion