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1 online resource (viii, 445 pages) : maps. |
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polychrome |
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Contributions to the sociology of language ; 64
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Contributions to the sociology of language ; 64.
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"Articles ... based on contributions initially prepared for an international symposium on 'Language death in East Africa, ' held at the Werner-Reimers Foundation in Bad Homburg (Germany) from January 8-12, 1990"--Preface. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Contents |
""Contents""; ""Part I""; ""Social contexts of language death""; ""Theory of language death""; ""Codeswitching as a mechanism of deep borrowing, language shift, and language death""; ""Language decay and contact-induced change: Similarities and differences""; ""Part II""; ""East African case studies""; ""The fate of ethnic languages in Tanzania""; ""Language shift in Tanzania""; ""Reduction in Kore reconsidered""; ""Dahalo: An endangered language""; ""Language death and the origin of strata: Two case studies of Swahili dialects""; ""Chifundi and Vumba: Partial shift, no death"" |
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""Lexical retention in language shift: Yaaku/Mukogodo-Maasai and Elmolo/Elmolo-Samburu""""Dialect death: The case of Terik""; ""Language shift among the Suba of Kenya""; ""175 years of language shift in Gweno""; ""Part III""; ""A survey of language death in Africa""; ""Names of scholars""; ""Subject index""; ""Index of languages (and variants)"" |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Language obsolescence -- Africa, East -- Congresses.
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Language obsolescence. |
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Africa, East. |
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Code switching (Linguistics) -- Africa, East -- Congresses.
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Code switching (Linguistics) |
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Sociolinguistics -- Africa, East -- Congresses.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
Brenzinger, Matthias, 1957-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Language death 3110134047 (DLC) 92025843 (OCoLC)26254960 |
ISBN |
9783110870602 (electronic book) |
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3110870606 (electronic book) |
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3110134047 |
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9783110134049 |
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