The Cambridge Handbook of Language and Political Conflict

Stanley Dubinsky has taught Linguistics at the University of South Carolina since 1991. His recent publications include Language Conflict and Language Rights (with Davies, 2018, CUP), The Israeli Conflict System (with Starr, 2015, Routledge) and Understanding Language Through Humor, 2e (2026, CUP). Michael Gavin is an Associate Professor of English and a Global Studies Associate Faculty at the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies at the University of South Carolina. He co-founded the Language Conflict Project and develops interdisciplinary methods bridging linguistics, political science, and digital humanities. Harvey Starr is the Dag Hammarsjköld Professor in International Affairs Emeritus, Political Science, University of South Carolina. He is the past president of the International Studies Association, the Peace Science Society (International), and the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association, with a primary research focus on inter-state and intra-state conflict processes.

Stanley Dubinsky has taught Linguistics at the University of South Carolina since 1991. His recent publications include Language Conflict and Language Rights (with Davies, 2018, CUP), The Israeli Conflict System (with Starr, 2015, Routledge) and Understanding Language Through Humor, 2e (2026, CUP). Michael Gavin is an Associate Professor of English and a Global Studies Associate Faculty at the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies at the University of South Carolina. He co-founded the Language Conflict Project and develops interdisciplinary methods bridging linguistics, political science, and digital humanities. Harvey Starr is the Dag Hammarsjköld Professor in International Affairs Emeritus, Political Science, University of South Carolina. He is the past president of the International Studies Association, the Peace Science Society (International), and the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association, with a primary research focus on inter-state and intra-state conflict processes.