Status and Function of Languages and Language Varieties
Title | Status and Function of Languages and Language Varieties PDF eBook |
Author | Ulrich Ammon |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 680 |
Release | 2012-06-25 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110860252 |
Status Change of Languages
Title | Status Change of Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Ulrich Ammon |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2013-03-12 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110851628 |
The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages
Title | The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Peter K. Austin |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 581 |
Release | 2011-03-24 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 113950083X |
It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.
Languages in a Globalising World
Title | Languages in a Globalising World PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Maurais |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 2003-04-10 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521533546 |
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Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Title | Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Baker |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 776 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781853593628 |
This encyclopedia is divided into three sections: individual bilingualism; bilingualism in society and bilingual education. It includes many pictures, graphs, maps and diagrams. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography on bilingualism.
Handbook of Pragmatics
Title | Handbook of Pragmatics PDF eBook |
Author | Jan-Ola Östman |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2020-11-20 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027260419 |
This encyclopaedia of one of the major fields of language studies is a continuously updated source of state-of-the-art information for anyone interested in language use. The IPrA Handbook of Pragmatics provides easy access – for scholars with widely divergent backgrounds but with convergent interests in the use and functioning of language – to the different topics, traditions and methods which together make up the field of pragmatics, broadly conceived as the cognitive, social and cultural study of language and communication, i.e. the science of language use. The Handbook of Pragmatics is a unique reference work for researchers, which has been expanded and updated continuously with annual installments since 1995. Also available as Online Resource: benjamins.com/online/hop/
Towards a New Standard
Title | Towards a New Standard PDF eBook |
Author | Massimo Cerruti |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2017-01-11 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1501501046 |
In many European languages the National Standard Variety is converging with spoken, informal, and socially marked varieties. In Italian this process is giving rise to a new standard variety called Neo-standard Italian, which partly consists of regional features. This book contributes to current research on standardization in Europe by offering a comprehensive overview of the re-standardization dynamics in Italian. Each chapter investigates a specific dynamic shaping the emergence of Neo-standard Italian and Regional Standard Varieties, such as the acceptance of previously non-standard features, the reception of Old Italian features excluded from the standard variety, the changing standard language ideology, the retention of features from Italo-Romance dialects, the standardization of patterns borrowed from English, and the developmental tendencies of standard Italian in Switzerland. The contributions investigate phonetic/phonological, prosodic, morphosyntactic, and lexical phenomena, addressed by several empirical methodologies and theoretical vantage points. This work is of interest to scholars and students working on language variation and change, especially those focusing on standard languages and standardization dynamics.