Multiple centres of language development – the case of Tamil

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Pluricentric Languages – Introduction 1
4. Portuguese as a pluricentric language 11
5. Spanish as a pericentric language 45
6. Is Dutch a pluricentric language? 71
7. Multiple centres of language development – the case of Tamil 93
8. Swedish as a pluricentric language 101
9. German as a pluricentric language 117
10. French as a pluricentric language 149
11. English as a pluricentric language 179
12. Korean as a pluricentric language 239
13. Is Arabic a pluricentric language? 261
14. Chinese as a plurícentric language 305
15. Amēn teł hay kay: Armenian as a pluricentric language 325
16. Serbo-Croatian as a pluricentric language 347
17. Hindi-Urdu as a pluricentric Language 381
18. Malay as a pluricentric language 401
19. Pacific Pidgin Englishes 421
20. Macedonian as an Ausbau language 437
21. Epilogue 455
22. Index of Subjects 467
23. Index of Names 475
24. 482 482