UID:
almafu_9959239534002883
Format:
1 online resource (411 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-93488-2
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1-134-93489-0
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1-280-32446-5
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0-203-21128-6
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0-203-31797-1
Series Statement:
Politics of language
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; The changing linguistic ecology of the Pacific region; Language ecology in pre-European days; Disruptions in the linguistic ecology; Pidgins and creoles; Case studies; Mission languages and language policies; Official policies and language planning; The impact of literacy; The impact of foreign language teaching; The sociolinguistics of language shift, decay and death; Assessing the damage: structural and lexical effects; Preserving linguistic diversity: outlook and prospects; Appendix: Linguistics in the Pacific; Notes
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ReferencesIndex
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-86843-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-05635-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203211281
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