ABSTRACT
The chapter addresses an important problem in ecolinguistics. It is argued that the claim that the linguistic domain interacts with the environmental domain, and that language therefore plays a role in the ecological crisis, is not sufficiently grounded. Tracing the problem to a widespread (crypto-)Cartesian view on language, it is suggested that the problem can be solved through a naturalized approach. Starting from the Extended Ecology Hypothesis, it is argued that linking ecolinguistics to ecological cognitive science allows one to develop a more genuinely ecological research agenda. The chapter points to the methodological implications of such a bio-ecological view.
