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1st ed |
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1 online resource (229 pages) |
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Multilingual Matters |
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Multilingual Matters
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Intro -- Contents -- 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? -- Chapter 7 Language Endangerment and Globalisation in the Pacific -- Chapter 8 Endangered Languages of China and South-East Asia -- Chapter 9 On the Edge of the Pacific: Indonesia and East Timor -- Chapter 10 The Future of the Languages of Vanuatu and New Caledonia -- Chapter 11 Trends and Shifts in Community Language Use in Australia, 1986-1996 -- Chapter 12 Directions for Linguistic Research: Forging Partnerships in Language Development and Expansion of the Domains of Use of Australia's Indigenous Languages -- Chapter 13 The Contribution of Language Education to the Maintenance and Development of Australia's Language Resources -- Chapter 14 Globalisation, Language and Technology: Some Recommendations -- The Contributors |
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The Southwest Pacific constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. That rich resource cannot be taken for granted. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. The challenge is to describe the languages that exist today and to adopt policies that will support their maintenance |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Cunningham, Dr. Denis Language Diversity in the Pacific : Endangerment and Survival
Clevedon : Channel View Publications,c2006 9781853598678
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| 主題 |
Language and languages -- Variation.;Pacific Area -- Languages
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Electronic books
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Ingram, Prof. David E
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Sumbuk, Prof. Kenneth
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