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Language in South Asia / edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, and S.N. Sridhar.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language planning.
- Multilingualism.
- Sociolinguistics.
- South Asia--Languages.
- South Asia.
- Language and languages.
- Sociolinguistics--South Asia.
- Multilingualism--South Asia.
- Language planning--South Asia.
- Indic philology.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 608 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-587) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780521781411
- 0521781418
- 9780521786539
- 0521786533
- OCLC:
- 76064675
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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