| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 396 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Politics of language
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Politics of language.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-376) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
1. The changing linguistic ecology of the Pacific region -- 2. Language ecology in pre-European days -- 3. Disruptions in the linguistic ecology -- 4. Pidgins and creoles -- 5. Case studies -- 6. Mission languages and language policies -- 7. Official policies and language planning -- 8. The impact of literacy -- 9. The impact of foreign language teaching -- 10. The sociolinguistics of language shift, decay and death -- 11. Assessing the damage : structural and lexical effects -- 12. Preserving linguistic diversity : outlook and prospects. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pacific Area -- Languages.
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Pacific Area. |
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Language and languages. |
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Linguistic change.
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Linguistic change. |
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Language policy -- Pacific Area.
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Language policy. |
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Sociolinguistics -- Pacific Area.
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Sociolinguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mühlhäusler, Peter. Linguistic ecology. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996 0415056357 (OCoLC)34345488 |
| ISBN |
0203317971 (electronic book) |
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9780203317976 (electronic book) |
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0203211405 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780203211403 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780203211281 |
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0203211286 |
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9780415056366 (paperback) |
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0415056365 (paperback) |
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9780415056359 |
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0415056357 |
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