Language in South Asia /

South Asia is a rich and fascinating linguistic area, its many hundreds of languages from four major language families representing the distinctions of caste, class, profession, religion, and region. This comprehensive new volume presents an overview of the language situation in this vast subcontine...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kachru, Braj B., Kachru, Yamuna, Sridhar, S. N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Sociolinguistics > South Asia.
Multilingualism > South Asia.
Language planning > South Asia.
Indic philology.
Sociolinguistique > Asie méridionale.
Multilinguisme > Asie méridionale.
Aménagement linguistique > Asie méridionale.
Philologie de l'Inde.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages.
Language planning.
Multilingualism.
Sociolinguistics.
South Asia > Languages.
South Asia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Language history, families, and typology
  • Languages and their functions
  • Sanskrit and traditions of language study
  • Multilingualism, contact, and convergence
  • Orality, literacy, and writing systems
  • Language conflicts
  • Language and modernization
  • Language and discourse
  • Language and identity
  • Languages in diaspora.

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