ISBN:
3110189763
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9783110189766
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (viii, 386 p)
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs 175
Serie:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Ser v.175
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Lesser-Known Languages of South Asia : Status and Policies, Case Studies and Applications of Information Technology
DDC:
306.440954
Schlagwort(e):
Communication and technology
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Computational linguistics
;
Sociolinguistics
;
Linguistic minorities
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Communication and technology ; South Asia
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Computational linguistics ; South Asia
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Linguistic minorities ; South Asia
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Sociolinguistics ; South Asia
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South Asia ; Languages ; Variation
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Electronic books
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South Asia Languages
;
Variation
Kurzfassung:
The increasing globalization and centralization in the world is threatening the existence of a large number of smaller languages. In South Asia some locally dominant languages (e.g., Hindi, Urdu, Nepali) are gaining ground beside English at the expense of
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Preface; Contents; Introduction; Introduction; Language situation and language policies in South Asia; Status of lesser-known languages in India; Minority language policies and politics in Nepal; Language policy, multilingualism and language vitality in Pakistan; Lesser-known language communities of South Asia: Linguistic and sociolinguistic case studies; Vanishing voices: A typological sketch of Great Andamanese; Lisu orthographies and email; Shina in contemporary Pakistan; The rise of ethnic consciousness and the politicization of language in west-central Nepal
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Why Ladakhi must not be written - Being part of the Great Tradition: Another kind of global thinkingInformation and communication technologies and languages of South Asia; The impact of technology on language diversity and multilingualism; The impact of technological advances on Tamil language use and planning; Corpus-building for South Asian languages; Digitized resources for languages of Nepal; Multimedia: A community-oriented information and communication technology; Language survival kits; Grammatically based language technology for minority languages
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Supporting lesser-known languages: The promise of language technologyWorrying about ethics and wondering about "informed consent": Fieldwork from an Americanist perspective; Subject index; Language index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Partly based on presentations at a panel in connection with the 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Lund University, 2004
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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