| Methodological and Analytical Issues in Language Maintenance and Language Shift Studies Contributor(s): David, Maya Khemlani (Editor), Ammon, Ulrich (Editor), Dirven, Rene (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820454613 ISBN-13: 9780820454610 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Education - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 306.446 |
| LCCN: 2002398446 |
| Series: Duisburg Papers on Research in Language and Culture |
| Physical Information: 201 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The phenomenon of language maintenance and shift (LMLS) discusses how one particular language pervades the domain of another and eventually replaces that particular language. This book examines a number of methodological and analytical issues in LMLS studies. The writers discuss analytical constructs and review theoretical issues in LMLS citing studies from Borneo, Britain, Brunei, Malaysia, Mexico, and Singapore. A range of variables affecting LMLS in these sites are reviewed. The writers offer a substantial amount of systematically collected empirical data from a number of geographically diverse sites. The studies of LMLS analysed and reported here are invaluable not only to sociolinguists but also to scholars of related fields such as anthropology and communication. Contents: Analytical Constructs and Methodological Issues in LMLS Studies - Manifestations of Language Shift - Variables Affecting Language Shift. |