Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on Transcription
- Introduction: languages, contexts, and constructs
- Part 1 Language history, families, and typology
- Part 2 Languages and their functions
- Part 3 Sanskrit and traditions of language study
- Part 4 Multilingualism, contact, and convergence
- Part 5 Orality, literacy, and writing systems
- Part 6 Language conflicts
- Part 7 Language and modernization
- Part 8 Language and discourse
- Part 9 Language and identity
- Part 10 Languages in diaspora
- References
- Subject Index
- Language Index
- Author Index
Part 2 - Languages and their functions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on Transcription
- Introduction: languages, contexts, and constructs
- Part 1 Language history, families, and typology
- Part 2 Languages and their functions
- Part 3 Sanskrit and traditions of language study
- Part 4 Multilingualism, contact, and convergence
- Part 5 Orality, literacy, and writing systems
- Part 6 Language conflicts
- Part 7 Language and modernization
- Part 8 Language and discourse
- Part 9 Language and identity
- Part 10 Languages in diaspora
- References
- Subject Index
- Language Index
- Author Index
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- Language in South Asia , pp. 79 - 80Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008