Language diversity in the Pacific : endangerment and survival /
The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. This book tries to describe the languages that exist today and suggests pol...
| Други автори: | Cunningham, Denis, 1951-, Ingram, D. E., 1939-, Sumbuk, Kenneth, 1965- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo, NY :
Multilingual Matters,
℗♭2006.
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| Серия: |
Multilingual matters (Series)
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Print version::
Language diversity in the Pacific. |
Съдържание:
- Foreword; Editors' Note; Chapter 1 Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview; Chapter 2 The World Languages Review: Some Data; Chapter 3 Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea; Chapter 4 Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective; Chapter 5 Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia; Chapter 6 Papua New Guinea's Languages: Will They Survive?