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Linguistic Ecology Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region
By Peter Mühlhäusler
Copyright 1996
416 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
416 Pages
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Routledge
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In this book, the author examines the transformation of the Pacific language region under the impact of colonization, westernization and modernization. By focusing on the linguistic and socio-historical changes of the past 200 years, it aims to bring a new dimension to the study of Pacific linguistics, which up until now has been dominated by questions of historical reconstruction and language... Read more
1 The changing linguistic ecology of the Pacific region 2 Language ecology in pre-European days 3 Disruptions in the linguistic ecology 4 Pidgins and creoles 5 Case studies 6 Mission languages and language policies 7 Official policies and language planning 8 The impact of literacy 9 The impact of foreign language teaching 10 The sociolinguistics of language shift, decay and death 11 Assessing the damage: structural and lexical effects 12 Preserving linguistic diversity: outlook and prospects
Biography
Peter Mühlhäusler is Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide and Supernumerary Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.
'This tendentious and fascinating book should interest anyone who is seriously concerned about the survival of indigenous languages.' - SOAS Bulletin
