Bhutan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Soggetto non controllato |
Assam
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Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910693747703321 |
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The politics of language contact in the Himalaya / / edited by Selma K. Sonntag and Mark Turin |
Autore | Sonntag Selma K |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Open Book Publishers, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
Disciplina | 495.4 |
Soggetto topico | Tibeto-Burman languages |
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Himalaya
Himalayan region politics of language contact Tibet Assam Nepal sociolinguistics political science |
ISBN | 1-78374-706-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contributors -- Preface -- 0. Introduction: Language Politics and Language Contact / Selma K. Sonntag -- 1. Language Contact and the Politics of Recognition amongst Tibetans in the People's Republic of China: The rTa'u-Speaking 'Horpa' of Khams / Tunzhi (Sonam Lhundrop), Hiroyuki Suzuki, and Gerald Roche -- 2. What Happened to the Ahom Language? The Politics of Language Contact in Assam / Selma K. Sonntag -- 3. Transforming Language to Script: Constructing Linguistic Authority through Language Contact in Schools in Nepal / Uma Pradhan -- 4. The Significance of Place in Ethnolinguistic Vitality: Spatial Variations Across the Kaike-Speaking Diaspora of Nepal / Maya Daurio -- 5. Speaking Chone, Speaking 'Shallow': Dual Linguistic Hegemonies in China's Tibetan Frontier / Bendi Tso and Mark Turin -- 6. Concluding Thoughts on Language Shift and Linguistic Diversity in the Himalaya: The Case of Nepal / Mark Turin -- List of Tables and Figures -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910340604703321 |
Sonntag Selma K | ||
Open Book Publishers, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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