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Publication details [#34779]

Shopen, Timothy. 1987. Languages and their status. University of Pennsylvania Press. 335 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
language and society | language development2 | language status | language use
Language as a subject
Chinese | Creole, Cape York | Languages, New Guinea | Mohawk | Russian | Swahili

Annotation

This volume emphasizes the interrelationships between languages and their societies, discussing the social forces that determine the way languages develop and lead to their survival or breakdown.

Reviewed by

Reagan, Timothy. 1989. Review of $Languages and their status.