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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825012403321

Titolo

Pluricentric languages : differing norms in different nations / / edited by Michael Clyne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1992

ISBN

3-11-088814-9

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (487 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 62

Classificazione

ES 126

Altri autori (Persone)

ClyneMichael G. <1939-2010.>

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Language and languages - Variation

Standard language

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 -- Contents -- Pluricentric Languages - Introduction / Clyne, Michael -- Portuguese as a pluricentric language / Baxter, Alan N. -- Spanish as a pericentric language / Thompson, R.W. -- Is Dutch a pluricentric language? / Geerts, G. -- Multiple centres of language development - the case of Tamil / Annamalai, E. -- Swedish as a pluricentric language / Reuter, Mikael -- German as a pluricentric language / Clyne, Michael -- French as a pluricentric language / Lüdi, Georges -- English as a pluricentric language / Leitner, Gerhard -- Korean as a pluricentric language / Kim, Chin-W. -- Is Arabic a pluricentric language? / Abd-el-Jawad, Hassan R.S. -- Chinese as a plurícentric language / Bradley, David -- Amēn teł hay kay: Armenian as a pluricentric language / Cowe, S. Peter -- Serbo-Croatian as a pluricentric language / Brozović, Dalibor -- Hindi-Urdu as a pluricentric Language / Dua, Hans R. -- Malay as a pluricentric language / Omar, Asmah Haji -- Pacific Pidgin Englishes / Wurm, S. Α. -- Macedonian as an Ausbau language / Tomić, Olga Mišeska -- Epilogue / Clyne, Michael -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names -- Backmatter