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Multilingualism : Understanding Linguistic Diversity.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (153 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781441196132
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: MultilingualismDDC classification:
  • 404.2
LOC classification:
  • P115
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Prologue -- CHAPTER ONE The Diversity of Languages -- The First Language -- Comparing Languages -- Languages and Language Families -- CHAPTER TWO Interpreting Language Diversity -- Dead or Alive -- The Problem of Names -- CHAPTER THREE Multilingual Abilities -- Multilingualism in the World -- Individual Attitudes and Abilities -- Language as a Verb and Other Infelicities -- CHAPTER FOUR The Emergence and Measurement of Multilingualism -- The Rise of Multilingualism -- Assessing Multilingualism -- CHAPTER FIVE The Consequences of Babel: Lingua Francas -- The Lingua Franca -- Languages of Wider Communication -- Pidgins and Creoles -- Constructed Languages -- CHAPTER six The Consequences of Babel: Translation -- Translation, Ownership and Secrecy -- Voice Appropriation -- Translation in Practice -- CHAPTER SEVEN Keeping Languages Pure -- Purism and Prescriptivism -- Academies -- Dictionaries -- CHAPTER eight Languages and Identities in Transition -- Languages in Contact -- Language Decline and Maintenance -- Future Directions -- CHAPTER NINE Endangered Languages and the Will to Survive -- What is Language Revival? -- Maintaining Domains of Necessity -- Willingness -- CHAPTER TEN Linguistic Intervention and the 'New' Ecology of Language -- Scholarship and the Social Life of Language -- The 'New' Ecology of Language -- Epilogue -- Notes and References -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: The Diversity of Languages -- Chapter 2: Interpreting Language Diversity -- Chapter 3: Multilingual Abilities -- Chapter 4: The Emergence and Measurement of Multilingualism -- Chapter 5: The Consequences of Babel: Lingua Francas -- Chapter 6: The Consequences of Babel: Translation -- Chapter 7: Keeping Languages Pure -- Chapter 8: Languages and Identities in Transition.
Chapter 9: Endangered Languages and the Will to Survive -- Chapter 10: Linguistic Intervention and the 'New' Ecology of Language -- INDEX.
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Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Prologue -- CHAPTER ONE The Diversity of Languages -- The First Language -- Comparing Languages -- Languages and Language Families -- CHAPTER TWO Interpreting Language Diversity -- Dead or Alive -- The Problem of Names -- CHAPTER THREE Multilingual Abilities -- Multilingualism in the World -- Individual Attitudes and Abilities -- Language as a Verb and Other Infelicities -- CHAPTER FOUR The Emergence and Measurement of Multilingualism -- The Rise of Multilingualism -- Assessing Multilingualism -- CHAPTER FIVE The Consequences of Babel: Lingua Francas -- The Lingua Franca -- Languages of Wider Communication -- Pidgins and Creoles -- Constructed Languages -- CHAPTER six The Consequences of Babel: Translation -- Translation, Ownership and Secrecy -- Voice Appropriation -- Translation in Practice -- CHAPTER SEVEN Keeping Languages Pure -- Purism and Prescriptivism -- Academies -- Dictionaries -- CHAPTER eight Languages and Identities in Transition -- Languages in Contact -- Language Decline and Maintenance -- Future Directions -- CHAPTER NINE Endangered Languages and the Will to Survive -- What is Language Revival? -- Maintaining Domains of Necessity -- Willingness -- CHAPTER TEN Linguistic Intervention and the 'New' Ecology of Language -- Scholarship and the Social Life of Language -- The 'New' Ecology of Language -- Epilogue -- Notes and References -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: The Diversity of Languages -- Chapter 2: Interpreting Language Diversity -- Chapter 3: Multilingual Abilities -- Chapter 4: The Emergence and Measurement of Multilingualism -- Chapter 5: The Consequences of Babel: Lingua Francas -- Chapter 6: The Consequences of Babel: Translation -- Chapter 7: Keeping Languages Pure -- Chapter 8: Languages and Identities in Transition.

Chapter 9: Endangered Languages and the Will to Survive -- Chapter 10: Linguistic Intervention and the 'New' Ecology of Language -- INDEX.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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