Languages have deep political significance beyond communication: a common language can strengthen cultural bonds and social trust, or it may exacerbate cultural differences and power imbalances. Language regimes that emerge from political bargains can centralize power by favorin…
Using a newly assembled dataset and drawing on fieldwork data from Malaysia and Singapore, Liu finds that how linguistic power is distributed-specifically whether a lingua franca is recognized exclusively or above all others-can generate social trust, attract foreign investment,…
The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area
The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. It considers itself a forum for cutting-edge …
"This book lies at the crossroads of the following themes: areal typology, since it is concerned with mainland Southeast Asia in particular; language contact and genetic affiliation, since the various grammatical sketches lay emphasis on characteristics shared by unrelated langu…
"This book lies at the crossroads of the following themes: areal typology, since it is concerned with mainland Southeast Asia in particular; language contact and genetic affiliation, since the various grammatical sketches lay emphasis on characteristics shared by unrelated langu…
This book lies at the crossroads of areal typology, language contact and genetic affiliation. Concerned with mainland Southeast Asia in particular, the various grammatical sketches lay emphasis on characteristics shared by unrelated languages.
The handbook will offer a survey of the field of linguistics in the early 21st century for the Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. The last half century has seen a great increase in work on language contact, work in genetic, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics, and since the 1…
The handbook offers a survey of the field of linguistics in the early 21st century for the Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. The last half century has seen a great increase in work on language contact, work in genetic, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics, and since the 1990s…
