Language Policy and Language Conflict in Afghanistan and Its Neighbors: The Changing Politics of Language Choice

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Harold Schiffman
BRILL, 9 de des. 2011 - 388 pàgines
The contribution of this collection of articles is to construct an updated picture of languages and language policy in and around Afghanistan, and give potential language learners a clearer picture of what kinds of resources exist, and what is still needed. The book was co-edited by Brian Spooner, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.
 

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Chapter One Afghan Languages in a Larger Context of Central and South Asia
1
Section I Afghanistan and Iran
29
Linguistic Diversity and National Unity
31
A Survey of Secondary Sources
53
Language Names and Language Policies
89
Section II Central Asian Republics of the Former Soviet Union
119
Chapter Five Reversing Language Shift in Kazakhstan
121
Chapter Six Language Policy and Language Development in Multilingual Uzbekistan
176
Section III The Northwest Frontier Province and Pashto Punjabi and Balochi
261
Chapter Eight Pashto Language Policy and Practice in the North West Frontier Province
263
Chapter Nine A Vernacular for a New Generation? Historical Perspectives about Urdu and Punjabi and the Formation of Language Policy in Colonial...
282
Towards a Biography of the Language
319
Section IV Pedagogical Resources and Conclusion
337
Chapter Eleven Resources for the Study of Language Policies and Languages of Afghanistan and Its Neighbors
339
Chapter Twelve Conclusion
354
Index
359

Chapter Seven The Fate of Uzbek Language in the Other Central Asian Republics
208

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