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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812163103321

Titolo

Language crisis in the Ryukyus / / edited by Mark Anderson and Patrick Heinrich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-7346-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Disciplina

495.6

Soggetti

Japanese language - Japan - Ryukyu Islands

Language attrition - Japan - Ryukyu Islands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN.

Sommario/riassunto

Long denigrated as dialects of Japanese, the Ryukyuan languages are today recognized as languages in their own right. However, speakers of Ryukyuan languages have suffered from stigmatization, oppressive language policies and domination from outside the Ryukyu Archipelago. As a result, the Ryukyuan languages are now severely endangered. This volume depicts, roughly in chronological order, aspects which have led to the language crisis in the Ryukyus today. Taking account of these factors is.