Language, Society and the State in a Changing World
This book addresses the changing contemporary language worlds in three major contexts. It first discusses how the language landscape maps of cities are changing as a result of increased migration, globalization and global media. These features are evident in place names and place name changes as wel...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Mapping Language Landscapes: 1. Adam Stone, Erik Anonby: A Typology for Evaluating Language Maps
- 2.Tekabe Legesse Feleke: Issues in Classifying and Mapping the Semitic Languages of Ethiopia
- 3. Christoph Purschke: Exploring the Linguistic Landscape of Cities Through Crowdsourced Data
- 4. Shangyi Zhou: Changing Attitudes of Beijingness to Westernized Place Names in Beijing: From the Semi-Colonial Period to Postmodern Twenty-First Century
- 5. Lisa M. Butler Harrington: Thematic Categories for Place Names: Topology Typology
- Language, Culture and Politics: 6. Seif Da’Na, Laura Khoury: Palestine’s Land Centrality and the Instrumentality of Historical Language
- 7. Cecil Seethal: The State of Languages in South Africa
- 8. John Elliott, Raina Heaton: Languages and Language Politics in the Paraguayan Chaco
- 9. Teresa Wai See Ong: Reimaging the Art Scene in George Town, Penang
- 10. Laurie Brinklow, Rilla Marshall, Brenda Whiteway: Exploring Climate Change Through the Language of Art
- The Functions of Language on a Local and a Global Scale: 11. Ram Nandan Prasad Sinha: Preservation of Magahi Language in India: Contemporary Developments
- 12. Lauren E. Deal: Learning Indigenous Languages in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 13. Michael M. Kretzer, Teresa Wai See Ong: Reclaiming Transformation for Inclusive and Multilingual Education through Linguistic Landscape (LL) in South Africa and Malaysia
- 14.Unn Røyneland, Elizabeth Lanza: Dialect Diversity and Migration: Disturbances and Dilemmas, Perspectives from Norway
- 15. Maganat Shegebayev: Rise of English as Business Lingua Franca at the Turn of the Century: An Overview
- 16. Mary-Caitlyn Valentinsson: English and Bivalent Class Indexicality in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 17. Jennifer C. Langill: The Nature of Gender Relations: The Changing Language of Gender amid Anthropogenic Climate Change in Amazonian Peru