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The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet

In The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet, Gerald Roche sheds light on a global crisis of linguistic diversity that will see at least half of the world's languages disappear this century. Roche explores the erosion of linguistic diversity through a study of a community on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau in the People's Republic of China. Manegacha is but one of the sixty minority languages in Tibet and is spoken by about 8,000 people who are otherwise mostly indistinguishable from the Tibetan communities surrounding them. Recently, many in these communities have switched to speaking Tibetan, and Manegacha faces an uncertain future. The author uses the Manegacha case to show how linguistic diversity across Tibet is collapsing under assimilatory state policies. He looks at how global advocacy networks inadequately acknowledge this issue, highlighting the complex politics of language in an inter-connected world. The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet broadens our understanding of Tibet and China, the crisis of global linguistic diversity, and the radical changes needed to address this crisis.

Crisis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 398

Crisis

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-04-21
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  • Publisher: ANU Press

The year 2020 was marked by a series of rolling crises. The Australian wildfires at the start of the year were a catastrophic sign of the global climate crisis. Xi Jinping’s announcement in September that the People’s Republic of China would become carbon neutral by 2060 could help alleviate the crisis, but China has to fix its coal problem first. The big story was, of course, the global COVID-19 pandemic. Appearing to originate in a Wuhan wet market, by year’s end the pandemic had claimed nearly 2 million lives worldwide, put whole countries into lockdown, and sent economies around the world tumbling into recession. China itself successfully suppressed the disease at home and recorded...

Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 286

Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-07-10
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia blends insights from sociolinguistics, descriptive linguistics and historical-comparative linguistics to shed new light on regional Tibeto-Burman language varieties and their relationships across spatial, temporal and cultural differences. The approach is inspired by leading Tibeto-Burmanist, David Bradley, to whom the book is dedicated. The volume includes twelve original research essays written by eleven Tibeto-Burmanists drawing on first-hand field research in five countries to explore Tibeto-Burman languages descended from seven internal sub-branches. Following two introductory chapters, each contribution is focused on a specific Tibeto-Burman language or sub-branch, collectively contributing to the literature on language identification, language documentation, typological analysis, historical-comparative classification, linguistic theory, and language endangerment research with new analyses, state-of-the-art summaries and contemporary applications.

The Routledge Handbook of Language Policy and Planning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 637

The Routledge Handbook of Language Policy and Planning

The Routledge Handbook of Language Policy and Planning is a comprehensive and authoritative survey, including original contributions from leading senior scholars and rising stars to provide a basis for future research in language policy and planning in international, national, regional, and local contexts. The Handbook approaches language policy as public policy that can be studied through the policy cycle framework. It offers a systematic and research-informed view of actual processes and methods of design, implementation, and evaluation. With a substantial introduction, 38 chapters and an extensive bibliography, this Handbook is an indispensable resource for all decision makers, students, and researchers of language policy and planning within linguistics and cognate disciplines such as public policy, economics, political science, sociology, and education.

ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES 28
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 457

ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES 28

AHP's 2013 annual collection contains 5 original research articles, 7 new pieces of fiction, & 20 reviews of recent books. ARTICLES Ian G Baird-Shifting Contexts & Performances: The Brao-Kavet & Their Sacred Mountains in Northeast Cambodia Dpa' mo skyid-The 'Descent of Blessings': Ecstasy & Revival among the Tibetan Bon Communities of Reb gong Gerong Pincuo & Henrëtte Daudey-Too Much Loving-kindness to Repay: Funeral Speeches of the Wenquan Pumi Wang Shiyong-Towards a Localized Development Approach for Tibetan Areas in China. William Noseworthy-The Cham's First Highland Sovereign-Po Romé (r. 1627-1651) FICTION Bsod nams 'gyur med-Folktales from Gcig sgril Lhundrom-Longing for Snow-covered ...

Minority Language in Today's Global Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 347

Minority Language in Today's Global Society

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012
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  • Publisher: Lulu.com

"The present volume examines a wide range of issues concerning the status of minority languages around the world with a special focus on the Tibetan language and its dialects. The legal issues surrounding minority language use and policy, as well as strategies for language revitalization, are also addressed"--Back cover.

Descendants of Daniel Wolf, 1732-1807
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 388

Descendants of Daniel Wolf, 1732-1807

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Daniel Wolf who was born ca. 1750. He likely married Maria Elizabeth (surname unknown) sometime prior to the year 1771 in Berks Co., or Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania. They moved to Frederick Co., Maryland sometime prior to the year 1785 and were the parents of two sons and three daughters. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, California and elsewhere.

The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 681

The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-03-05
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization is the first comprehensive overview of the language revitalization movement, from the Arctic to the Amazon and across continents. Featuring 47 contributions from a global range of top scholars in the field, the handbook is divided into two parts, the first of which expands on language revitalization issues of theory and practice while the second covers regional perspectives in an effort to globalize and decolonize the field. The collection examines critical issues in language revitalization, including: language rights, language and well-being, and language policy; language in educational institutions and in the home; new methodologies and ven...

Harvard Asia Quarterly
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 136

Harvard Asia Quarterly

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya
  • Language: ar
  • Pages: 166

The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya

This highly original and timely collection brings together case studies from salient areas of the Himalayan region to explore the politics of language contact. Promoting a linguistically and historically grounded perspective, The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya offers nuanced insights into language and its relation to power in this geopolitically complex region. Edited by respected scholars in the field, the collection comprises five new research contributions by established and early-career researchers who have been significantly engaged in the Himalayan region. Grounded in a commitment to theoretically informed area studies, and covering Tibet (China), Assam (India), and Nepal...