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1 online resource (404 pages) |
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Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL) ; v. 6 |
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Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL)
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| Contents |
Preface; Arabization and linguistic domination: Berber and Arabic in the North of Africa; Arabic, and a few good words about empires (but not all of them); An empire of learning: Arabic as a global language; Chinese influence on Vietnamese: A Sinospheric tale; Cracks in the foundation of a language empire -- the resurgence of autochthonous lesser used languages in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland; Challenges of linguistic diversity in Formosa; Russian colonialism and hegemony and Native Siberian languages |
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Language policies and language loyalties after twenty years in post-Soviet Russia: The case of KhakassiaSociolinguistic and linguistic outcomes of Nivkh-Russian language contact; The evolution of Chechen in asymmetrical contact with Russian; The emergence of gender agreement in code-switched verbal constructions in Erzya-Russian bilingual discourse; Grammatical effects of Russian-Udmurt language contact; The bilingualism of Finno-Ugric language speakers in the Volga Federal district; Subjective factors of language vitality: Language attitudes of the Buryat ethnic group |
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On the linguistic behavior of immigrants from the post-Soviet countries in GermanyCollective beliefs of the mixed speech speaker in Belarus; Belarusian vs. Russian, regularity vs. irregularity in adjective and adverb comparison of mixed speech in Belarus; Post-Soviet Estonian-Russian language contact: Transfer and convergence in Estonian Russian; Index of Authors; Index of Languages; Index of Subjects; Literature |
| Summary |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
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Language spread.
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Linguistic minorities.
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Europe, Eastern languages -- Social aspects
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Oriental languages -- Social aspects
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Comparative linguistics.
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Sociolinguistics.
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sociolinguistics.
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Comparative linguistics.
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Language spread.
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Linguistic minorities.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Middle East -- Languages -- Social aspects
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| Subject |
Middle East.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015022757 |
| ISBN |
9783110408362 |
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3110408368 |
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3110408473 |
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311040818X |
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9783110408188 |
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9783110408478 |
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