Items related to Shifting Languages (Studies in the Social and Cultural...

Shifting Languages (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, Series Number 19) - Hardcover

Errington, J. Joseph

 
9780521632676: Shifting Languages (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, Series Number 19)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521632676 ISBN 13: 9780521632676
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Until recently, Indonesian, the national language of a vast, plural nation state, was spoken by very few of the Javanese who live in south-central Java. But the national language is now being learned, along with a national identity, and is the key vehicle for modernity and progress in these communities. Errington has written a fascinating account of the role of language in radical social transformation.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review

"This book is a major contribution that shows how such work can be done. It succeeds as a fully realized study of socially, culturally, and politically grounded language phenomena. This rich accomplishment is itself the very best argument for Errington's analytic position." Language in Society

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521632676
ISBN 13 
9780521632676
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
236