Language Change in Central Asia

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Language Change in Central Asia

Edited by: Elise S. Ahn and Juldyz Smagulova

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2016

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Volume 106 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

About this book

Twenty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are still undergoing numerous transitions. This book examines various language issues in relation to current discussions about national identity, education, and changing notions of socio-cultural capital in Central Asia.

Author / Editor information

Elise S. Ahn, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan; Juldyz Smagulova, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan.

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"This volume offers unique glimpses into a fascinating multilingual region undergoing significant social, political, and economic change."
Melissa B Hauber-Özer in: The Linguist List 30.4336 (14.11.2019), https://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4336.html

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xi
List of tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xii
List of abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xiv
1. Introduction Juldyz Smagulova and Elise S. Ahn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. Language Ecology: Understanding Central Asian Multilingualism Stephen A. Bahry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
3. Being Specific About Generalization: Kyrgyz Habitual Narratives in Ethnographic Interviews Nathan Light Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
4. Language Teaching in Turkmenistan: An Autoethnographic Journey Elise S. Ahn and Antonia Jensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
I. Language and Nation-State Building
5. The Re-Acquisition of Kazakh in Kazakhstan: Achievements and Challenges Juldyz Smagulova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
6. Corpus Building in Kazakhstan: An Examination of the Terminology Development in the Oil and Gas Sector Maganat Shegebayev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	109
7. Societal Multilingualism and Personal Plurilingualism in Pamir Tajikistan’s Complex Language Ecology Stephen A. Bahry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
8. Language-in-Education: A Look at Kyrgyz Language Schools in the Badakhstan Province of Tajikistan Daniyar Karabaev and Elise S. Ahn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
9. The Construction of the Tatar Nation in the Debate About the Introduction of Latin Script in the Republic of Tatarstan Ruth Bartholomä Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
10. Language Use Among Uyghur Students in Xinjiang, PR China Ablimit Baki Elterish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
II. Globalization and Language Change in Central Asia
11. Language Policies and Labor Migration: The Case of Tajikistan Leroy Terrelonge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
12. English Education in Uzbekistan Dilbarhon (Dilia) Hasanova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
13. Afterword Elise S. Ahn and Juldyz Smagulova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	269
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273

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eBook published on:

January 15, 2016

eBook ISBN:

9781614514534

Hardcover published on:

January 15, 2016

Hardcover ISBN:

9781614516095

Paperback published on:

November 7, 2017

Paperback ISBN:

9781501516269

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Front matter:

14

Main content:

275

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614514534

eBook ISBN: 9781614514534

Hardcover ISBN: 9781614516095

Paperback ISBN: 9781501516269

Keywords for this book

Language Change; Language Planning; Central Asia

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Linguists; Sociolinguists; Scholars interested in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

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