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Title Language policy and language conflict in Afghanistan and its neighbors : the changing politics of language choice / edited by Harold F. Schiffman.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 372 pages) : maps.
Physical Medium polychrome.
Description text file
Series Brill's studies in south and southwest Asian languages ; v. 2
Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Afghan languages in a larger context of Central and South Asia / Harold F. Schiffman and Brian Spooner -- Language policy in Afghanistan: linguistic diversity and national unity / Senzil Nawid -- Locating 'Pashto' in Afghanistan: a survey of secondary sources / Walter Hakala -- Persian, Farsi, Dari, Tajiki: language names and language policies / Brian Spooner -- Reversing language shift in Kazakhstan / William Fierman -- Language policy and language development in multilingual Uzbekistan / Birgit Schlyter -- Fate of Uzbek language in the 'other' Central Asian republics / William Fierman -- Pashto language policy and practice in the North West Frontier Province / Robert Nichols -- A 'vernacular' for a 'new generation'? Historical perspectives about Urdu and Punjabi, and the formation of language policy in colonial Northwest India / Jeffrey M. Diamond -- Balochi: towards a biography of the language / Brian Spooner -- Resources for the study of language policies and languages of Afghanistan and its neighbors / Cynthia Groff -- Conclusion / Harold F. Schiffman.
Summary The contribution of this collection of articles is to construct an updated picture of languages and language policy in and around Afghanistan, and give potential language learners a clearer picture of what kinds of resources exist, and what is still needed. The book was co-edited by Brian Spooner, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Subject Asia, Central -- Languages -- Political aspects.
Central Asia.
Language and languages.
Afghanistan -- Languages -- Political aspects.
Afghanistan.
Language planning -- Asia, Central.
Language planning.
Language planning -- Afghanistan.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Schiffman, Harold F., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Language policy and language conflict in Afghanistan and its neighbors. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 9789004201453 (DLC) 2011037005 (OCoLC)752471924
ISBN 9789004217652 (electronic book)
9004217657 (electronic book)
9004201459
9789004201453
9781283957847 (MyiLibrary)
1283957841 (MyiLibrary)