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Ammon, Ulrich, ed. 1989. Status and function of languages and language varieties. Walter de Gruyter. x + 665 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
function | language status | language variety | sociolinguistics

Annotation

The essays in this volume deal with sociolinguistic profiles or with the prestige, status and functioning of languages.

Articles in this volume

Mackey, William F. Determining the status and function of languages in multinational societies. 3–20
Ammon, Ulrich. Towards a descriptive framework for the status/function (social position) of a language within a country. 21–106
Fasold, Ralph W. Naturalism and the search for a theory of language types and functions. 107–121
Dua, Hans R. Functional types of language in India. 122–152
Haarmann, Harald. Functional aspects of language varieties: A theoretical-methodological approach. 153–193
Bartsch, Renate. A normtheoretical approach to functional and status types of language. 197–215
Coulmas, Florian. Function and status of written language in East Asia. 216–242
Joseph, John Earl. Popular and scientific beliefs about language status: An historical sketch. 243–255
Muljacic, Zarko. Über den Begriff DACHSPRACHE. 256–277
Goebl, Hans. Quelques remarques relatives aux concepts ABSTAND et AUSBAU de Heinz Kloss. 278–290
Ornstein-Galicia, Jacob.L. Regressed or 'downgraded varieties' of language: A first approximation. 291–323
Clyne, Michael. Pluricentricity: National variety. 357–371
Brann, Conrad M.B. Lingua minor, franca & nationalis. 372–385
Samarin, William J. 'Official language': The case of Lingala. 386–398
Sakaguchi, Alicja. Towards a clarification of the function and status of international planned languages. 399–440
Alladina, Safder. Towards a value-free language use terminology. 443–449
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove and Robert Phillipson. `Mother tongue': The theoretical and sociopolitical construction of a concept. 450–477
Smolicz, Jerzy J. and Margaret J. Secombe. Types of language activation and evaluation in an ethnically plural society. 478–511
Auburger, Leopold. 20 postulates for a general theory of linguistic variants. 515–540
Willemyns, Roland and Helga Bister. The language continuum as a pluridimensional concept. 541–551
Berruto, Gaetano. On the typology of linguistic repertoires. 552–569
Cadiot, Pierre. On language mixtures. 570–580
Honey, John. Acrolect and hyperlect: Education and class as foci of linguistic identity. 581–591
Khubchandani, Lachman M. Diglossia and functional heterogeneity. 592–607
Laycock, Donald C. The status of Pitcairn-Norfolk: Creole, dialect, or cant? 608–629
McGregor, William. Gooniyandi mother-in-law 'language'? Dialect, register, and/or code? 630–656

Reviewed by

Di Pietro, Robert J. 1990. Review of $Status and function of languages and language varieties.