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Publication details [#18373]

Mühlhäusler, Peter. 1996. Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region. Routledge. xiii + 396 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
colonialism | language change | language death | language ecology
Language as a subject
Languages, Australian | Languages, Melanesian | Languages, Polynesian

Annotation

This book on language and social change in the Pacific offers a good introduction into the history and contemporary state of vernacular languages spoken in Polynesia, Melanesia and Australia, considered in danger of extinction as victims of European expansion.

Reviewed by

Crowley, Terry. 1999. Review article. Linguistic diversity in the Pacific.
Roberge, Paul T. 1999. Review of $Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region.
Siegel, Jeff. 1997. Review of $Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region.
Mühlhäusler, Peter. 1998. A Rejoinder to Siegel's Review of Linguistic Ecology.
Kaye, Alan S. 1999. Review of $Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region.
St.Clair, Robert N. 1996. Review of $Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region.
Kulick, Don. 1999. Review of $Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region.
Lynch, John. 1997. Review of $Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region.
Matsubara, Koji. 1997. Review of $Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region.