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Language diversity in the Pacific : endangerment and survival /
The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. This book tries to describe the languages that exist today and suggests pol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo, NY :
Multilingual Matters,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Multilingual matters (Series)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Editors' Note; Chapter 1 Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview; Chapter 2 The World Languages Review: Some Data; Chapter 3 Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea; Chapter 4 Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective; Chapter 5 Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia; Chapter 6 Papua New Guinea's Languages: Will They Survive?