A Corpus-Based Study of Fables: An Ecolinguistic Perspective

Abstract

This chapter clarifies the emergence of ecolinguistics, and represents its major figures and bases. In addition, the chapter shows the definition of fables, explains what is meant by language pattern, and gives a brief overview about corpus linguistics. Objectives of the study, rationale of the study, research questions, and data sources are included. A review of the literature is given. Moreover, the chapter demonstrates the organization of the thesis. 1.1The emergence of ecolinguistics and its essence: The environmental issues and crises led us to pay attention to ecology, especially in the 21st century. “An inclusive view would be that ecology consists of the relationships of humans with other humans, other organisms, and the physical environment” (Wu, 2018, p.646). Consequently, many studies and disciplines which focus on the environmental issues, e.g. ecopsychology, ecofeminism, ecocriticism, ecopoetry, and ecosociology have emerged.