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1 online resource (x, 290 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Advances in sociolinguistics
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Advances in sociolinguistics.
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Originally published: 2007. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
Current academic discussions and public debates about language frequently focus on the importance of defending languages against various kinds of dangers. Many of these current debates attach great importance to linguistic diversity. The debates focus on defending institutionalized languages against multilingualism, or conversely defending minority languages against the incursion of larger ones, especially the spread of English. In both cases, languages are constructed as autonomous wholes, held to need defending against attack. This book challenges such a view of language, to argue that the d. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Endangered languages.
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Endangered languages. |
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Linguistic change.
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Linguistic change. |
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Sociolinguistics -- Case studies.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Case studies.
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Language policy.
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Language policy. |
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Language purism.
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Language purism. |
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Linguistic minorities.
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Linguistic minorities. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Added Author |
DuchĂȘne, Alexandre.
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Heller, Monica.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Discourses of endangerment. London : Continuum, 2008 9781847063229 (OCoLC)212431911 |
ISBN |
9781847063229 (electronic book) |
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1847063225 (electronic book) |
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9781441111173 (electronic book) |
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1441111174 (electronic book) |
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1283271494 |
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9781283271493 |
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0826487459 |
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9780826487452 |
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