ISBN:
0415056357
,
9780203211281
,
0203211286
,
9780415056366
,
0415056365
,
9780415056359
,
0203317971
,
9780203317976
,
0203211405
,
9780203211403
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 396 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Politics of language
Parallel Title:
Print version Linguistic ecology
DDC:
306.44091823
Keywords:
Language policy Pacific Area
;
Sociolinguistics Pacific Area
;
Linguistic change
;
Language policy
;
Sociolinguistics
;
Sociolinguistics
;
Language policy
;
Linguistic change
;
Pacific Area Languages
;
Pacific Area
;
Pacific Area Languages
;
Pacific Area Languages
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
In this topical study of the large-scale loss of human language, the author examines the transformation of the Pacific language region. He focuses on cultural and historical forces to explain such loss
Description / Table of Contents:
1. The changing linguistic ecology of the Pacific region2. Language ecology in pre-European days -- 3. Disruptions in the linguistic ecology -- 4. Pidgins and creoles -- 5. Case studies -- 6. Mission languages and language policies -- 7. Official policies and language planning -- 8. The impact of literacy -- 9. The impact of foreign language teaching -- 10. The sociolinguistics of language shift, decay and death -- 11. Assessing the damage : structural and lexical effects -- 12. Preserving linguistic diversity : outlook and prospects.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-376) and index. - Description based on print version record
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