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1 online resource (viii, 386 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs,
1861-4302 ;
175
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 175.
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Partly based on presentations at a panel in connection with the 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Lund University, 2004. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Status of lesser-known languages in India / Udaya Narayana Singh -- Minority language policies and politics in Nepal / Mark Turin -- Language policy, multilingualism and language vitality in Pakistan / Tariq Rahman -- Vanishing voices: a typological sketch of Great Andamanese / Anvita Abbi -- Lisu orthographies and email / David Bradley -- Shina in contemporary Pakistan / Razwal Kohistani and Ruth Laila Schmidt -- The rise of ethnic conciousness and the politicization of language in west-central Nepal / Michael Noonan -- Why Ladakhi must not be written-Being part of the great tradition: another kind of global thinking / Bettina Zeisler -- The impact of technology on language diversity and multilingualism / E. Annamalai -- The impact of technological advances on Tamil language use and planning / Vasu Renganathan and Harry F. Schiffman -- Corpus-building for South Asian languages / Andrew Hardie [and others] -- Digitized resources for languages of Nepal / Boyd Michailovsky -- Multimedia: a community-oriented information and communication technology / David Nathan and Éva Á. Csató -- Language survival kits / Jens Allwood -- Grammatically based language technology for minority languages / Trond Trosterud -- Supporting lesser-known languages: the promise of language technology / Lars Borin -- Worrying about ethics and wondering about "informed consent": fieldwork from an American perspective / Colette Grinevald. |
Summary |
The increasing globalization and centralization in the world is threatening the existence of a large number of smaller languages. In South Asia some locally dominant languages (e.g., Hindi, Urdu, Nepali) are gaining ground beside English at the expense of. |
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Reproduction |
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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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Linguistic minorities -- South Asia.
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Linguistic minorities. |
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South Asia. |
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Computational linguistics -- South Asia.
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Computational linguistics. |
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Sociolinguistics -- South Asia.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Communication and technology -- South Asia.
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Communication and technology. |
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South Asia -- Languages -- Variation.
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Language and languages. |
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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 |
Saxena, Anju, 1959-
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Borin, Lars.
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European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies (18th : 2004 : Lund, Sweden)
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Other Form: |
Print version: Lesser-known languages of South Asia. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2006 (DLC) 2006021785 |
ISBN |
9783110197785 (electronic book) |
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3110197782 (electronic book) |
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9783110189766 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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3110189763 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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