02712nam 2200673Ia 450 991082218210332120200520144314.01-134-93488-21-134-93489-01-280-32446-50-203-21128-60-203-31797-110.4324/9780203211281 (CKB)111087027068698(EBL)166612(OCoLC)560369330(SSID)ssj0000192662(PQKBManifestationID)11180320(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192662(PQKBWorkID)10197235(PQKB)11031325(MiAaPQ)EBC166612(Au-PeEL)EBL166612(CaPaEBR)ebr10057553(CaONFJC)MIL32446(OCoLC)52484582(EXLCZ)9911108702706869819960410d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLinguistic ecology language change and linguistic imperialism in the Pacific region /Peter Muhlhausler1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19961 online resource (411 p.)Politics of languageDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-86843-4 0-415-05635-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; The changing linguistic ecology of the Pacific region; Language ecology in pre-European days; Disruptions in the linguistic ecology; Pidgins and creoles; Case studies; Mission languages and language policies; Official policies and language planning; The impact of literacy; The impact of foreign language teaching; The sociolinguistics of language shift, decay and death; Assessing the damage: structural and lexical effects; Preserving linguistic diversity: outlook and prospects; Appendix: Linguistics in the Pacific; NotesReferencesIndexIn this topical study of the large scale loss of human language, the author examines the transformation of the Pacific language region. He focuses on cultural and historical forces to explain such loss.Politics of language.Linguistic changeSociolinguisticsPacific AreaLinguistic change.Sociolinguistics306.4409164Muhlhausler Peter385061MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822182103321Linguistic ecology902804UNINA