Language and national identity in Asia
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Language and national identity in Asia
Oxford University Press, 2007
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Language & national identity in Asia
Available at 7 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [443]-459
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Language and National Identity in Asia is a comprehensive introduction to the role of language in the construction and development of nations and national identities in Asia.
Leading scholars from all over the world investigate the role languages have played and now play in the formation of the national and social identity in countries throughout South, East, and Southeast Asia. They consider the relation of the regions' languages to national, ethnic, and cultural identity, and examine the status of and interactions between majority, official, and minority languages.
Illustrated with maps and accessibly written this book will interest all those concerned to understand the dynamics of social change in some of the most important countries in the world. It will appeal to all those studying, researching, or teaching issues in Asian society, language, and politics from a comparative perspective.
Table of Contents
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Notes on Contributors
- 1. Language and National Identity in Asia: A Thematic Introduction
- PART I SOUTH ASIA
- 2. Bangladesh
- 3. India
- 4. Nepal and the Eastern Himalayas
- 5. Pakistan
- 6. Sri Lanka
- PART II EAST ASIA
- 7. China
- 8. Hong Kong
- 9. Japan
- 10. North and South Korea
- 11. Taiwan
- PART III SOUTHEAST ASIA
- 12. Burma/Myanmar
- 13. Cambodia
- 14. Indonesia
- 15. Malaysia
- 16. The Philippines
- 17. Singapore
- 18. Thailand and Laos
- 19. Vietnam
- References
- Index
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