Foreword
Acknowledgments
Table of contents
List of Maps and Tables
1. THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
PART ONE: TANZANIA
Introduction to Part One
2. LANGUAGE USE AND LANGUAGE POLICY IN TANZANIA: AN OVERVIEW
3. THE EVOLUTION OF TANZANIAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
4. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS IN TANZANIAN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS
5. LANGUAGE, LAW, AND CHANGE: PROBLEMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM IN TANZANIA
6. HYPERBOLE, POLITICS, AND POTENT SPECIFICATION: THE POLITICAL USES OF A FIGURE OF SPEECH
7. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS IN A RURAL TAN Z AN IAN COUNCIL
PART TWO: INDIA
Introduction to Part Two
8. MULTILINGUALISM IN INDIA AND ITS SOCIOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS: AN OVERVIEW
9. THE EVOLUTION OF COURTS, COUNCILS, AND LEGISLATURES IN INDIA
10. PRACTICE AND THEORY OF LANGUAGE PLANNING: THE INDIAN POLICY PROCESS
11. LANGUAGE CONTROVERSIES IN THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT (LokSabha): 1952-1960
12. LANGUAGE AND LITIGATION IN SOUTH INDIA
13. 'I-SPEECH' IN ORISSA
PART THREE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Introduction to Part Three
14. POLITICAL POWER AND LINGUISTIC INEQUALITY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
15. THE EVOLUTION OF COURTS, COUNCILS, AND LEGISLATURES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
16. INTERPRETERS IN LOCAL COURTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
17. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS OF AN ELITE GROUP: THE TOLAI OF NEW BRITAIN
PART FOUR: DISCIPLINARY INTERESTS IN LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
18. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS FROM A SOCIOLINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW
19. BOUNDARIES, STRATEGIES, AND POWER RELATIONS: POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND LANGUAGE
20. FORMAL INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES AND LANGUAGE
21. POLITICAL SCIENCE, LANGUAGE, AND POLITICS
22. LANGUAGE AND THE LAW: THE EXERCISE OF POLITICAL POWER THROUGH OFFICIAL DESIGNATION OF LANGUAGE
Bibliography
Biographical Notes
Index of Names
Index of Subjects

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