Language change in Central Asia / edited by Elise S. Ahn, Juldyz Smagulova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahn, Elise S., editor.

Smagulova, Juldyz, editor.

Series:

Contributions to the sociology of language ; Volume 106.

Contributions to the Sociology of Language, 1861-0676 ; Volume 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic change--Asia, Central.

Linguistic change.

Languages in contact--Asia, Central.

Languages in contact.

Linguistic minorities--Education--Asia, Central.

Linguistic minorities.

Language policy--Asia, Central.

Language policy.

Asia, Central--Social policy.

Asia, Central.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, [Massachusetts] ; Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter Mouton, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Twenty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are still undergoing numerous transitions. This book examines various language issues in relation to current discussions about national identity, education, and changing notions of socio-cultural capital in Central Asia.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Table of contents

List of illustrations

List of tables

List of abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Language Ecology: Understanding Central Asian Multilingualism

3. Being Specific About Generalization: Kyrgyz Habitual Narratives in Ethnographic Interviews

4. Language Teaching in Turkmenistan: An Autoethnographic Journey

5. The Re-Acquisition of Kazakh in Kazakhstan: Achievements and Challenges

6. Corpus Building in Kazakhstan: An Examination of the Terminology Development in the Oil and Gas Sector

7. Societal Multilingualism and Personal Plurilingualism in Pamir Tajikistan’s Complex Language Ecology

8. Language-in-Education: A Look at Kyrgyz Language Schools in the Badakhstan Province of Tajikistan

9. The Construction of the Tatar Nation in the Debate About the Introduction of Latin Script in the Republic of Tatarstan

10. Language Use Among Uyghur Students in Xinjiang, PR China

11. Language Policies and Labor Migration: The Case of Tajikistan

12. English Education in Uzbekistan

13. Afterword

Appendix

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781614514534

1614514534

9781501500435

1501500430

OCLC:

935641231