Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • I. National or Official Languages
  • Linguistic Legislation and Prestige Shift
  • The Role of Pressure Groups in the Change of the Status of French in Quebec since 1960
  • Changes in the Status and Function of Quechua
  • Status Types and Status Changes in the Arabic Language
  • Status Change of Languages in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Socioeconomic Transitons and Language Status Change: The Case of Luxembourg
  • Language Status Shift in the United States: A European Perspective
  • Hindi Language Planning: A Case Study of Status Change
  • In Search of Status: Bahasa Malaysia for National UnificationII. Nonstandard or Standardising Languages
  • The Status of Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea: The Colonial Predicament
  • The Changing Status of Melanesian Pidgin English
  • Function and Status Change of Pidgin and Creole Languages
  • III. Non-Official or Minority Languages
  • Three Dilemmas of Organized Efforts to Reverse Language Shift
  • The Changing Status of U.S. Spanish: De Facto Second Language?
  • The Status of a Minority Language in India: A Case Study of Maithili
  • Status and Function Changes of Dutch as an Immigrant Language in AustraliaProblems of Status and Status Change of Yiddish
  • The Changing Status of English in Switzerland
  • Evolution et Statut des Variantes Standard et Dialectales de lâ€?Allemand en Alsace
  • IV. Varieties of German
  • The Status of German as a Language of Science and the Importance of the English Language for German-Speaking Scientists
  • Recent Changes in the Status of German as a Language of Chemistry
  • On the Status and Changes in the Status of German as a Language of Diplomacy
  • Phases of Language Maintenance and Shift: On the Status of Michigan FranconianDiachronic and Synchronic Aspects of Status Change: The Case of the Old Order Amish and Related Groups
  • V. Special Topics
  • Assessing Language Status: Some Problems
  • Der Weg von einem Sprachprojekt zu einer lebenden Welthilfssprache: Einige Aspekte des Statuswandels, dargestellt am Beispiel des Esperanto
  • Deference, Politeness and the Status of Language â€? A Study in the Variability and Changeability of a Crucial Relationship
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