Status and Function of Languages and Language Varieties

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

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Status Change of Languages

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

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The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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.