The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Selma K. Sonntag and Mark Turin.
• Editors: Sonntag, Selma K; Turin, Mark
• Other Names: Open Book Publishers, publisher.
• Contents: Contributors -- Preface -- 0. Introduction: Language Politics and Language Contact / Selma K. Sonntag -- 1. Language Contact and the Politics of Recognition amongst Tibetans in the People's Republic of China: The rTa'u-Speaking 'Horpa' of Khams / Tunzhi (Sonam Lhundrop), Hiroyuki Suzuki, and Gerald Roche -- 2. What Happened to the Ahom Language? The Politics of Language Contact in Assam / Selma K. Sonntag -- 3. Transforming Language to Script: Constructing Linguistic Authority through Language Contact in Schools in Nepal / Uma Pradhan -- 4. The Significance of Place in Ethnolinguistic Vitality: Spatial Variations Across the Kaike-Speaking Diaspora of Nepal / Maya Daurio -- 5. Speaking Chone, Speaking 'Shallow': Dual Linguistic Hegemonies in China's Tibetan Frontier / Bendi Tso and Mark Turin -- 6. Concluding Thoughts on Language Shift and Linguistic Diversity in the Himalaya: The Case of Nepal / Mark Turin -- List of Tables and Figures -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 179 pages), color illustrations, color maps
• Subjects: 306.44095; Tibeto-Burman languages; Sino-Tibetan languages; Language and languages -- Political aspects; Language and culture -- Himalaya Mountains Region; Asia; Comparative politics; Society & culture: general; Sociolinguistics; Sociology & anthropology; Language and culture; Language and languages; Language and languages -- Political aspects; Sino-Tibetan languages; Tibeto-Burman languages; Himalaya Mountains Region -- Languages; Himalaya Mountains Region; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783747061; 1783747064; 9781783747078; 1783747072; 9781783747085; 1783747080; 9781783747092; 1783747099; 1783747048; 9781783747047
• Related ISBNs: 9781783747047; 1783747048; 1783747056; 9781783747054
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website ; viewed on 2020-03-31).
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