03733nam 2200661Ia 450 991078378220332120230828231403.01-280-50176-697866105017621-85359-868-210.21832/9781853598685(CKB)1000000000245121(EBL)255747(OCoLC)475970756(SSID)ssj0000188962(PQKBManifestationID)11179602(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188962(PQKBWorkID)10156382(PQKB)10154740(OCoLC)647486614(MiAaPQ)EBC255747(DE-B1597)513529(OCoLC)70320457(DE-B1597)9781853598685(Au-PeEL)EBL255747(CaPaEBR)ebr10120618(CaONFJC)MIL50176(EXLCZ)99100000000024512120050729d2006 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrLanguage diversity in the Pacific[electronic resource] endangerment and survival /edited by Denis Cunningham, D.E. Ingram, and Kenneth SumbukClevedon Multilingual Matters20061 online resource (229 p.)Multilingual matters ;134Description based upon print version of record.1-85359-867-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Dedication to Professor Stephen A. Wurm --Contents --Foreword --Editors’ Note --1. Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview --2. World Languages Review: Some Data --3. Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea --4. Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective --5. Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia --6. Papua New Guinea’s Languages: Will They Survive? --7. Language Endangerment and Globalisation in the Pacific --8. Endangered Languages of China and South-East Asia --9. On the Edge of the Pacific: Indonesia and East Timor --10. The Future of the Languages of Vanuatu and New Caledonia --11. Trends and Shifts in Community Language Use in Australia, 1986–1996 --12. Directions for Linguistic Research: Forging Partnerships in Language Development and Expansion of the Domains of Use of Australia’s Indigenous Languages --13. The Contribution of Language Education to the Maintenance and Development of Australia’s Language Resources --14. Globalisation, Languages and Technology: Some Recommendations --The ContributorsThe Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world.  That rich resource cannot be taken for granted.  Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat.  The challenge is to describe the languages that exist today and to adopt policies that will support their maintenance.Multilingual matters ;134.Language and languagesVariationPacific AreaLanguagesLanguage and languagesVariation.409.1823Cunningham Denis1951-1479161Ingram D. E.1939-1479162Sumbuk Kenneth1965-1479163MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783782203321Language diversity in the Pacific3695148UNINA