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Linguistic ecology : language change and linguistic imperialism in the Pacific region / / Peter Muhlhausler



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Autore: Muhlhausler Peter Visualizza persona
Titolo: Linguistic ecology : language change and linguistic imperialism in the Pacific region / / Peter Muhlhausler Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
Disciplina: 306.4409164
Soggetto topico: Linguistic change
Sociolinguistics - Pacific Area
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Notes
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Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Linguistic ecology  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-93488-2
1-134-93489-0
1-280-32446-5
0-203-21128-6
0-203-31797-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822182103321
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Serie: Politics of language.