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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465052003321

Autore

Haugen Einar <1906-1994.>

Titolo

Blessings of Babel : bilingualism and language planning : problems and pleasures / / by Einar Haugen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : M. de Gruyter, , 1987

ISBN

3-11-086296-4

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 46

Disciplina

404/.2

Soggetti

Bilingualism

Sociolinguistics

Language planning

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Babel -- Chapter 2. On Growing Up Bilingual -- Chapter 3. Bilingual Competence -- Chapter 4. The Ethnic Imperative -- Chapter 5. An Ecological Model -- Chapter 6. The Communicative Norm -- Chapter 7. Social Integration -- Chapter 8. Sociolinguistics: A Challenge -- Chapter 9. Pluralism: A National Goal? -- Chapter 10. Language Planning -- Chapter 11. Implementation -- Chapter 12. Semicommunication -- Chapter 13. Interlanguage -- Chapter 14. English: Modernization -- Chapter 15. Faroese: Ecology -- Chapter 16. Icelandic: Pronominal Address -- Chapter 17. Norwegian: Forms of Address -- Chapter 18. Norwegian: Sexism -- Chapter 19. Norwegian: A Frontier -- Chapter 20. Ethnicity: Swedes and Norwegians -- Chapter 21. Relativity -- Chapter 22. Bilingual Judgments -- Chapter 23. Language Choice -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter