Linguistic Ecology
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Flinders Island
Hiri Motu
Historical Structural Theory
imperialism
indigenous language preservation
language
language death research
Language Maintenance
language policy analysis
language shift dynamics
languages
Lingua Franca
Linguistic Ecology
Maori Language
metropolitan
Metropolitan Language
Modern Languages
pacific
Pacific region language contact case studies
Papuan
Papuan Languages
pidgin
pidgin and creole studies
Pidgin English
pisin
Police Motu
Polynesian Languages
SAE Language
sociolinguistics
Solomon Islands
South Pacific Commission
tok
Tok Pisin
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415056359
- Weight: 657g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 04 Jan 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Peter Mühlhäusler is Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide and Supernumerary Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.
