Publications

Publication details [#29323]

McDonnell, Grant D. 1991. A macro-sociolinguistic analysis of language vitality: Geolinguistic profiles and scenarios of language contact in India. Presses de l'Université Laval. 431 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

categorization | language contact | language maintenance | language spread | multilingualism

Language as a subject

Languages, Indian

Annotation

This volume mainly deals with language spread, language contact and language vitality in India. About 100 Indian languages -with omission of Sanskrit and English- were taken into account and for 50 languages a vitality index was constructed.

Reviewed by

Slone, G. Todd. 1993. Review of $A macro-sociolinguistic analysis of language vitality: Geolinguistic profiles and scenarios of language contact in India.