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Minority languages and group identity : cases and categories /
The central concern in this book is the relationship between language and group identity, a relationship that is thrown into greatest relief in 'minority' settings. Since much of the current interest in minority languages revolves around issues of identity politics, language rights and the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Impact, studies in language and society ;
27. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The central concern in this book is the relationship between language and group identity, a relationship that is thrown into greatest relief in 'minority' settings. Since much of the current interest in minority languages revolves around issues of identity politics, language rights and the plight of 'endangered' languages, one aim of the book is to summarise and analyse these and other pivotal themes. Furthermore, since the uniqueness of every language-contact situation does not rest upon unique elements or features - but, rather, upon the particular weightings and combinations of features tha. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 231 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027288684 9027288682 9027218668 9789027218667 1282484974 9781282484979 9786612484971 6612484977 |
| ISSN: | 1385-7908 ; |