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Language and Society in South Asia / Michael C. Shapiro, Harold F. Schiffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shapiro, Michael C., Author.
- Schiffman, Harold F., Author.
- Series:
- Publications in language sciences.
- Publications in Language Sciences ; 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sprache.
- Südasien.
- South Asia--Languages.
- South Asia.
- Local Subjects:
- Sprache.
- Südasien.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 pages).
- Edition:
- Reprint 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- ABBREVIATIONS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Theoretical Description of Language and Dialect
- 3. Traditional Taxonomies of South Asian Languages
- 4. South Asia as a Linguistic Area
- 5. Social Dialectology
- 6. Bi- and Multilingualism in South Asia
- 7. Pidginization, Creolization, and South Asian English
- 8. Ethnographic Semantics and the Ethnography of Speaking
- Abbreviations Used in Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Index of Languages and Groups of Languages
- Index of Names
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9783110857634
- 3110857634
- OCLC:
- 1129220092
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