Language Diversity in the Pacific
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Language Diversity in the Pacific

Endangerment and Survival

  1. 229 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Language Diversity in the Pacific

Endangerment and Survival

About this book

The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world.  That rich resource cannot be taken for granted.  Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat.  The challenge is to describe the languages that exist today and to adopt policies that will support their maintenance.

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Information

Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9781853598678
eBook ISBN
9781853598685
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Editors’ Note
  4. Chapter 1 Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview
  5. Chapter 2 The World Languages Review: Some Data
  6. Chapter 3 Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea
  7. Chapter 4 Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective
  8. Chapter 5 Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia
  9. Chapter 6 Papua New Guinea’s Languages: Will They Survive?
  10. Chapter 7 Language Endangerment and Globalisation in the Pacific
  11. Chapter 8 Endangered Languages of China and South-East Asia
  12. Chapter 9 On the Edge of the Pacific: Indonesia and East Timor
  13. Chapter 10 The Future of the Languages of Vanuatu and New Caledonia
  14. Chapter 11 Trends and Shifts in Community Language Use in Australia, 1986–1996
  15. Chapter 12 Directions for Linguistic Research: Forging Partnerships in Language Development and Expansion of the Domains of Use of Australia’s Indigenous Languages
  16. Chapter 13 The Contribution of Language Education to the Maintenance and Development of Australia’s Language Resources
  17. Chapter 14 Globalisation, Language and Technology: Some Recommendations
  18. The Contributors

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