LEADER 05725nam 22007454a 450 001 9910454184603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-19414-3 010 $a9786612194146 010 $a3-11-019778-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110197785 035 $a(CKB)1000000000689122 035 $a(EBL)325631 035 $a(OCoLC)476123664 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191349 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156824 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191349 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10204427 035 $a(PQKB)11059300 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC325631 035 $a(DE-B1597)32250 035 $a(OCoLC)853262247 035 $a(OCoLC)948655929 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110197785 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL325631 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10197262 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL219414 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000689122 100 $a20060630d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLesser-known languages of South Asia$b[electronic resource] $estatus and policies, case studies, and applications of information technology /$fedited by Anju Saxena, Lars Borin 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cMouton de Gruyter$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (396 p.) 225 0 $aTrends in linguistics. Studies and monographs,$x1861-4302 ;$v175 300 $aPartly based on presentations at a panel in connection with the 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Lund University, 2004. 311 $a3-11-018976-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tLanguage situation and language policies in South Asia -- $tStatus of lesser-known languages in India -- $tMinority language policies and politics in Nepal -- $tLanguage policy, multilingualism and language vitality in Pakistan -- $tLesser-known language communities of South Asia: Linguistic and sociolinguistic case studies -- $tVanishing voices: A typological sketch of Great Andamanese -- $tLisu orthographies and email -- $tShina in contemporary Pakistan -- $tThe rise of ethnic consciousness and the politicization of language in west-central Nepal -- $tWhy Ladakhi must not be written - Being part of the Great Tradition: Another kind of global thinking -- $tInformation and communication technologies and languages of South Asia -- $tThe impact of technology on language diversity and multilingualism -- $tThe impact of technological advances on Tamil language use and planning -- $tCorpus-building for South Asian languages -- $tDigitized resources for languages of Nepal -- $tMultimedia: A community-oriented information and communication technology -- $tLanguage survival kits -- $tGrammatically based language technology for minority languages -- $tSupporting lesser-known languages: The promise of language technology -- $tWorrying about ethics and wondering about "informed consent": Fieldwork from an Americanist perspective -- $t Backmatter 330 $aThe increasing globalization and centralization in the world is threatening the existence of a large number of smaller languages. In South Asia some locally dominant languages (e.g., Hindi, Urdu, Nepali) are gaining ground beside English at the expense of the lesser-known languages. Despite a long history of stable multilingualism, language death is not uncommon in the South Asian context. We do not know how the language situation in South Asia will be affected by modern information and communication technologies: Will cultural and linguistic diversity be strengthened or weakened as they become increasingly prevalent in all walks of life? This volume brings together areas of research that so far do not interact to any significant extent: traditional South Asian descriptive linguistics and sociolinguistics, documentary linguistics, issues of intellectual and cultural property and fieldwork ethics, and language technology. Researchers working in the areas of documentary linguistics and language technology have become aware of each other in the last few years, and of how work in the other area could be potentially useful in furthering their own aims. Similarly, the insights of documentary linguistics are making their way into descriptive linguistics and sociolinguistics. However, the potential for synergy among these areas of research is almost limitless. This volume provides the reader, not so much with a do-it-yourself recipe for applying modern technology to the problem of language shift in South Asia today, but rather with some basic knowledge about the problems involved and some directions from which solutions could be forthcoming, a toolbox rather than a blueprint, for helping to shape the linguistic future of South Asia. 410 0$aTrends in Linguistics. 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