Language change in Central Asia / / edited by Elise S. Ahn, Juldyz Smagulova

• Pubblicazione: Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, Germany : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.440958
• Soggetto topico: Linguistic change - Asia, Central; Languages in contact - Asia, Central; Linguistic minorities - Education - Asia, Central; Language policies - Asia, Central
• Soggetto geografico: Asia, Central Social policy
• Soggetto non controllato: Central Asia; Language Change; Language Planning
• Persona (resp. second.): AhnElise S.; SmagulovaJuldyz
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language Ecology: Understanding Central Asian Multilingualism -- 3. Being Specific About Generalization: Kyrgyz Habitual Narratives in Ethnographic Interviews -- 4. Language Teaching in Turkmenistan: An Autoethnographic Journey -- 5. The Re-Acquisition of Kazakh in Kazakhstan: Achievements and Challenges -- 6. Corpus Building in Kazakhstan: An Examination of the Terminology Development in the Oil and Gas Sector -- 7. Societal Multilingualism and Personal Plurilingualism in Pamir Tajikistan’s Complex Language Ecology -- 8. Language-in-Education: A Look at Kyrgyz Language Schools in the Badakhstan Province of Tajikistan -- 9. The Construction of the Tatar Nation in the Debate About the Introduction of Latin Script in the Republic of Tatarstan -- 10. Language Use Among Uyghur Students in Xinjiang, PR China -- 11. Language Policies and Labor Migration: The Case of Tajikistan -- 12. English Education in Uzbekistan -- 13. Afterword -- Appendix -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Twenty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are still undergoing numerous transitions. This book examines various language issues in relation to current discussions about national identity, education, and changing notions of socio-cultural capital in Central Asia.
• Titolo autorizzato: Language change in Central Asia
• ISBN: 1-61451-453-4; 1-5015-0043-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798024603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions to the sociology of language ; ; Volume 106.