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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788711003321

Autore

Haarmann Harald

Titolo

Language in ethnicity : a view of basic ecological relations / / by Harald Haarmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1986

ISBN

3-11-086280-8

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 44

Classificazione

ES 135

Disciplina

401/.9

Soggetti

Anthropological linguistics

Sociolinguistics

Ethnicity

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Language and ethnicity in a network of ecological relations -- 2. The role of language in processes of ethnic fusion and fission -- 3. Language planning, prestige planning, and the limits of planning activities -- 4. Bilingual profiles and changing bilingual patterns - an approach to formalize bilingual identity -- 5. The adoption of foreign cultural patterns as reflected in massive contact languages -- 6. The use of foreign languages as symbols of prestige in Japan - problems of ethnic identity in modern Japanese society -- 7. Language in ethnicity: conclusions and perspectives -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Ethnic Groups, Languages and Countries (Administrative Territories) -- Index of Names