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Language Contact and Language Conflict.

The selected articles compiled in the present volume are based on contributions prepared for the 17th International L.A.U.D. (Linguistic Agency University of Duisburg) Symposium held at the University of Duisburg on 23-27 March 1992. The 13 papers in this book focus on problems and issues of intercu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pütz, Martin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1994.
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  • LANGUAGE CONTACT AND LANGUAGE CONFLICT; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: Theoretical orientations: The interaction of language and culture; Radical cultural difference: Anthropology's myth?; Culture, cognition, and grammar; Areal influence on grammaticalization; 'Cultural scripts': A new approach to the study of cross-cultural communication; Language and cross-cultural communication; Communication disruptions: On benefits and disadvantages of language contact.
  • Part II: Case studies: The manipulation of languagein intercultural contactEuropean languages in African society and culture: A view on cultural authenticity; The context of language planning in Africa: An illustration with Nigeria; A prognosis for language management in the Third Republic; Revalorizing the autochthonous languages of Africa; Cultural variation in the interrelation of speech acts and turn-taking; Intercultural contact and communication in South-east Papua New Guinea; Towards an independent and ethnically pure Flanders; Subject Index.