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Author Ahn, Elise S

Title Language Change in Central Asia
Published De Gruyter, 2016

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Series Contributions to the Sociology of Language, 1861-0676 ; Volume 106
Contributions to the sociology of language ; Volume 106.
Contents Frontmatter -- 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 -- I. Language and Nation-State Building -- 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 -- II. Globalization and Language Change in Central Asia -- 11. Language Policies and Labor Migration: The Case of Tajikistan -- 12. English Education in Uzbekistan -- 13. Afterword -- Appendix -- Index
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
Analysis Central Asia
Language Change
Language Planning
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
Notes English
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Subject Linguistic change -- Asia, Central
Languages in contact -- Asia, Central
Linguistic minorities -- Education -- Asia, Central
Language policies -- Central Asia
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Languages in contact
Linguistic change
Linguistic minorities -- Education
Social policy
SUBJECT Asia, Central -- Social policy
Subject Central Asia
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015036616
ISBN 1614514534
9781614514534
9781614514558
1614514550