Language and Politics

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Language and Politics

Edited by: William M. O’Barr

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1976

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Volume 10 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of Maps and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XVI
1. THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS William M. O’Barr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
PART ONE: TANZANIA
Introduction to Part One Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	31
2. LANGUAGE USE AND LANGUAGE POLICY IN TANZANIA: AN OVERVIEW William M. O’Barr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
3. THE EVOLUTION OF TANZANIAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Jean F. O’Barr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	49
4. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS IN TANZANIAN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS Jean F. O’Barr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
5. LANGUAGE, LAW, AND CHANGE: PROBLEMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM IN TANZANIA Fred DuBow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
6. HYPERBOLE, POLITICS, AND POTENT SPECIFICATION: THE POLITICAL USES OF A FIGURE OF SPEECH Marc J. Swarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
7. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS IN A RURAL TAN Z AN IAN COUNCIL William M. O’Barr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
PART TWO: INDIA
Introduction to Part Two Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
8. MULTILINGUALISM IN INDIA AND ITS SOCIOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS: AN OVERVIEW Mahadev L. Apte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
9. THE EVOLUTION OF COURTS, COUNCILS, AND LEGISLATURES IN INDIA Barbara W. Flynn and John M. Flynri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
10. PRACTICE AND THEORY OF LANGUAGE PLANNING: THE INDIAN POLICY PROCESS Jyotirindra Das Gupta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	195
11. LANGUAGE CONTROVERSIES IN THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT (LokSabha): 1952-1960 Mahadev L. Apte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	213
12. LANGUAGE AND LITIGATION IN SOUTH INDIA Robert L. Kidder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	235
13. 'I-SPEECH' IN ORISSA F. G. Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
PART THREE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Introduction to Part Three Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	279
14. POLITICAL POWER AND LINGUISTIC INEQUALITY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA Gillian Sankoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	283
15. THE EVOLUTION OF COURTS, COUNCILS, AND LEGISLATURES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA Steven Staats and Eugene A. Conti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
16. INTERPRETERS IN LOCAL COURTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA Ranier Lang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	327
17. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS OF AN ELITE GROUP: THE TOLAI OF NEW BRITAIN Richard F. Salisbury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	367
PART FOUR: DISCIPLINARY INTERESTS IN LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
18. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS FROM A SOCIOLINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW Joan Rubin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	389
19. BOUNDARIES, STRATEGIES, AND POWER RELATIONS: POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND LANGUAGE William O’Barr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	405
20. FORMAL INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES AND LANGUAGE Malcolm E. Jewell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
21. POLITICAL SCIENCE, LANGUAGE, AND POLITICS Henry L. Bretton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	431
22. LANGUAGE AND THE LAW: THE EXERCISE OF POLITICAL POWER THROUGH OFFICIAL DESIGNATION OF LANGUAGE Arnold H. Leibowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	449
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	467
Biographical Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	487
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	493
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	499

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July 22, 2019

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9783110807134

Hardcover published on:

January 1, 1976

Hardcover ISBN:

9789027977618

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Reprint 2019

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Front matter:

16

Main content:

506

Tables:

9

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4 maps

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110807134

eBook ISBN: 9783110807134

Hardcover ISBN: 9789027977618

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Sprachpolitik

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