In Search of Language Horizons

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

In Search of Language Horizons

Original language description

The book is an outcome of a long-term project titled Past, Present and Future Prospects of Indigenous Language Documentation and Maintenance. The main aim of this project is to map the evolution of the global debate on the endangerment and revival of theworld?s languages and cultures, with the research focus dedicated to the situation in (former) British territories, where the status of English is an important factor contributing to the modification of language and cultural diversity. The book is a collection of eight papers and treatises studying diverse sociolinguistic aspects related to problems of language death, language shift and language maintenance. It draws examples from various parts of the globe and from the history of various languages.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

B - Specialist book

CEP classification

AI - Linguistics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

ISBN

978-3-659-15706-6

Number of pages

108

Publisher name

Lambert Academic Publishing

Place of publication

Saarbrücken

UT code for WoS book

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