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Language Crisis in the Ryukyus.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (354 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443873468
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language Crisis in the RyukyusDDC classification:
  • 495.6
LOC classification:
  • PL523 -- .L36 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
Summary: Long denigrated as dialects of Japanese, the Ryukyuan languages are today recognized as languages in their own right. However, speakers of Ryukyuan languages have suffered from stigmatization, oppressive language policies and domination from outside the Ryukyu Archipelago. As a result, the Ryukyuan languages are now severely endangered. This volume depicts, roughly in chronological order, aspects which have led to the language crisis in the Ryukyus today. Taking account of these factors is.
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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN.

Long denigrated as dialects of Japanese, the Ryukyuan languages are today recognized as languages in their own right. However, speakers of Ryukyuan languages have suffered from stigmatization, oppressive language policies and domination from outside the Ryukyu Archipelago. As a result, the Ryukyuan languages are now severely endangered. This volume depicts, roughly in chronological order, aspects which have led to the language crisis in the Ryukyus today. Taking account of these factors is.

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