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Online-Ressource (xii, 391 Seiten)
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Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:
9783110408362
Series Statement:
Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik volume 6
Content:
The articles gathered in Language Empires in Comparative Perspective address language spread and subsequent marginalization of minority languages, language endangerment and revitalization, contact-induced language change, and identity issues, with an emphasis on the dominance of non-Western languages, namely Arabic, Chinese, and Russian
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Preface; Arabization and linguistic domination: Berber and Arabic in the North of Africa; Arabic, and a few good words about empires (but not all of them); An empire of learning: Arabic as a global language; Chinese influence on Vietnamese: A Sinospheric tale; Cracks in the foundation of a language empire - the resurgence of autochthonous lesser used languages in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland; Challenges of linguistic diversity in Formosa; Russian colonialism and hegemony and Native Siberian languages.
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Language policies and language loyalties after twenty years in post-Soviet Russia: The case of KhakassiaSociolinguistic and linguistic outcomes of Nivkh-Russian language contact; The evolution of Chechen in asymmetrical contact with Russian; The emergence of gender agreement in code-switched verbal constructions in Erzya-Russian bilingual discourse; Grammatical effects of Russian-Udmurt language contact; The bilingualism of Finno-Ugric language speakers in the Volga Federal district; Subjective factors of language vitality: Language attitudes of the Buryat ethnic group.
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On the linguistic behavior of immigrants from the post-Soviet countries in GermanyCollective beliefs of the mixed speech speaker in Belarus; Belarusian vs. Russian, regularity vs. irregularity in adjective and adverb comparison of mixed speech in Belarus; Post-Soviet Estonian-Russian language contact: Transfer and convergence in Estonian Russian; Index of Authors; Index of Languages; Index of Subjects; Literature.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110408188
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110408379
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Language empires in comparative perspective Berlin : de Gruyter, 2015 ISBN 311040818X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110408188
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Arabisch
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Chinesisch
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Englisch
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Russisch
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Sprachkontakt
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Minderheitensprache
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Bedrohte Sprache
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Sprachverbreitung
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110408362
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Author information:
Stolz, Christel
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