Linguistic Genocide or Superdiversity? : New and Old Language Diversities /

Are we facing an immense wave of language death or a period of remarkable new linguistic variation? Or both? This book answers this question by analysing studies of language endangerment and loss along with those of language change, revitalization and diversity. Using case studies from Russia and th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Edygarova, Svetlana (Contribuidor), Janurik, Boglárka (Contribuidor), Laakso, Johanna (Contribuidor), Lantto, Hanna (Contribuidor), Lehtonen, Heini (Contribuidor), Myshlovska, Oksana (Contribuidor), Partanen, Niko (Contribuidor), Pischlöger, Christian (Contribuidor), Puura, Ulriikka (Contribuidor), Saarikivi, Janne (Contribuidor, Editor ), Sarivaara, Erika Katjaana (Contribuidor), Toivanen, Reetta (Contribuidor, Editor ), Tánczos, Outi (Contribuidor), Zamyatin, Konstantin (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2016]
Colección:Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights
Temas:
Code switching (Linguistics)
Code switching (Linguistics).
Endangered languages.
Historical linguistics.
Language and languages > Variation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Language change.
Language death.
Language endangerment.
Language extinction.
Language revitalisation.
Language variation.
Minorities.
Plurilingualism.
Sociolinguistics.
Superdiversity.
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Sumario:Are we facing an immense wave of language death or a period of remarkable new linguistic variation? Or both? This book answers this question by analysing studies of language endangerment and loss along with those of language change, revitalization and diversity. Using case studies from Russia and the EU, the authors compare historical language variation to that of the present day, arguing that accelerated language extinction can be considered a result of colonization, modernization and globalization, but so too can many new creoles, intertwined and mixed languages, new ethnic identities, new groups of urban dwellers or migrant groups, all with their own distinct cultural traits. The book therefore surmises that the linguistic heritage of today is simultaneously more endangered and more diverse than ever before.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781783096060
9783110663112
9783110606706
Acceso:restricted access

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