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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798024603321

Titolo

Language change in Central Asia / / edited by Elise S. Ahn, Juldyz Smagulova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, Germany : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61451-453-4

1-5015-0043-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language, , 1861-0676 ; ; Volume 106

Disciplina

306.440958

Soggetti

Linguistic change - Asia, Central

Languages in contact - Asia, Central

Linguistic minorities - Education - Asia, Central

Language policies - Asia, Central

Asia, Central Social policy

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language Ecology: Understanding Central Asian Multilingualism -- 3. Being Specific About Generalization: Kyrgyz Habitual Narratives in Ethnographic Interviews -- 4. Language Teaching in Turkmenistan: An Autoethnographic Journey -- 5. The Re-Acquisition of Kazakh in Kazakhstan: Achievements and Challenges -- 6. Corpus Building in Kazakhstan: An Examination of the Terminology Development in the Oil and Gas Sector -- 7. Societal Multilingualism and Personal Plurilingualism in Pamir Tajikistan’s Complex Language Ecology -- 8. Language-in-Education: A Look at Kyrgyz Language Schools in the Badakhstan Province of Tajikistan -- 9. The Construction of the Tatar Nation in the Debate About the Introduction of Latin Script in the Republic of Tatarstan -- 10. Language Use Among Uyghur Students in Xinjiang, PR China -- 11. Language Policies and Labor Migration: The



Case of Tajikistan -- 12. English Education in Uzbekistan -- 13. Afterword -- Appendix -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Twenty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are still undergoing numerous transitions. This book examines various language issues in relation to current discussions about national identity, education, and changing notions of socio-cultural capital in Central Asia.