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UNINA9910461261703321 |
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Titolo |
Language policy and language conflict in Afghanistan and its neighbors [[electronic resource] ] : the changing politics of language choice / / edited by Harold F. Schiffman |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (388 p.) |
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Collana |
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Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages, , 1877-4083 ; ; v. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language planning - Asia, Central |
Language planning - Afghanistan |
Electronic books. |
Asia, Central Languages Political aspects |
Afghanistan Languages Political aspects |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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section I. Afghanistan and Iran -- section II. Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union -- section III. The northwest frontier province and Pashto, Punjabi, and Balochi -- section IV. Pedagogical resources and conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The book was co-edited by Brian Spooner, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Language policy in Central Asia, Afghanistan and the immediately surrounding neighboring countries has a long and varied history. The Iranian revolution of 1978, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan since 2001 have left the area in a state of flux. This volume gives a better picture about what is official and explicit, what is not official but implicit or general practice, and what the likely future developments might be. It is very clear that multilingualism, whether it involves Persian, Russian or English in addition to other languages, not only has long been a part of the scene, but will probably continue to be so. |
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