Linguistic ecology: language change and linguistic imperialism in the Pacific region
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Main Author: Mühlhäusler, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 1996
Series:Politics of language
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-376) and index
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
1. The changing linguistic ecology of the Pacific region -- 2. 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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 396 pages)
ISBN:0203211286
0203211405
0203317971
0415056357
0415056365
9780203211281
9780203211403
9780203317976
9780415056359
9780415056366

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