Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World
Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World

Author: Tom Dutton

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2010-12-14

Total Pages: 697

ISBN-13: 3110883090

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas
Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas

Author: Stephen A. Wurm

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-02-11

Total Pages: 1903

ISBN-13: 3110819724

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“An absolutely unique work in linguistics publishing – full of beautiful maps and authoritative accounts of well-known and little-known language encounters. Essential reading (and map-viewing) for students of language contact with a global perspective.” Prof. Dr. Martin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie The two text volumes cover a large geographical area, including Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, South -East Asia (Insular and Continental), Oceania, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, Central Asia, the Caucasus Area, Siberia, Arctic Areas, Canada, Northwest Coast and Alaska, United States Area, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The Atlas is a detailed, far-reaching handbook of fundamental importance, dealing with a large number of diverse fields of knowledge, with the reported facts based on sound scholarly research and scientific findings, but presented in a form intelligible to non-specialists and educated lay persons in general.

Endangered Languages of Austronesia
Endangered Languages of Austronesia

Author: Margaret Florey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0199544549

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This book explores the challenges to linguistic vitality confronting many minority languages in the highly diverse and geographically far-flung Austronesian language family. The contributions bring together Indigenous language activists and academic researchers with a long-standing commitment to language documentation.

Language Choices
Language Choices

Author: Martin Pütz

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 9027218315

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This volume concerns various aspects of the theory and application of language conflict phenomena seen from an interdisciplinary perspective. The focus is on linguistic, social, psychological and educational issues (conditions, constraints and consequences) involved in the status and use of languages in multilingual settings. The book is divided into four sections, which deal with: theoretical issues - such as the nature of the concepts of language maintenance; language policy and language planning; attitudes towards languages; and codeswitching and language choice.

Historical Linguistics 2001
Historical Linguistics 2001

Author: Barry J. Blake

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9789027247490

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This is a selection of papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics held in Melbourne 13-17 August 2001, hosted by the Linguistics Program at La Trobe University. The papers range from the general theoretical to the study of particular languages and embrace most areas of linguistics, particularly morpho-syntax.

Linguistic Ecology
Linguistic Ecology

Author: Peter Mühlhäusler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1134934890

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In this book, the author examines the transformation of the Pacific language region under the impact of colonization, westernization and modernization. By focusing on the linguistic and socio-historical changes of the past 200 years, it aims to bring a new dimension to the study of Pacific linguistics, which up until now has been dominated by questions of historical reconstruction and language typology. In contrast to the traditional portrayal of linguistic change as a natural process, the author focuses on the cultural and historical forces which drive language change. Using the metaphor of language ecology to explain and describe the complex interplay between languages, speakers and social practice, the author looks at how language ecologies have functioned in the past to sustain language diversity, and, at what happens when those ecologies are disrupted. Whilst most of the examples used in the book are taken from the Pacific and Australian region, the insights derived from this area are shown to have global applications. The text should be useful for linguists and all those interested in the large scale loss of human language.

The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
The Language of Hunter-Gatherers

Author: Tom Güldemann

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-02-27

Total Pages: 747

ISBN-13: 1107003687

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Offers a linguistic window into contemporary hunter-gatherer societies, looking at how they survive and interface with agricultural and industrial societies.