Language Policy and Language Conflict in Afghanistan and Its Neighbors ：The Changing Politics of Language Choice ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：The Changing Politics of Language Choice

Publication series ：1

Author： Schiffman   Harold  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2011

E-ISBN: 9789004217652

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004201453

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004201453

Subject： H002 language planning

Language： ENG

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Description

The contribution of this collection of articles is to construct an updated picture of languages and language policy in and around Afghanistan, and give potential language learners a clearer picture of what kinds of resources exist, and what is still needed. The book was co-edited by Brian Spooner, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

List of Maps

pp.：  7 – 8

Preface

pp.：  9 – 10

Acknowledgements

pp.：  11 – 12

List of Contributors

pp.：  13 – 16

Chapter One Afghan Languages in a Larger Context of Central and South Asia

pp.：  17 – 44

Section I Afghanistan and Iran

pp.：  45 – 46

Chapter Two Language Policy in Afghanistan: Linguistic Diversity and National Unity

pp.：  47 – 68

Chapter Three Locating ‘Pashto’ in Afghanistan: A Survey of Secondary Sources

pp.：  69 – 104

Chapter Four Persian, Farsi, Dari, Tajiki: Language Names and Language Policies

pp.：  105 – 134

Section II Central Asian Republics of the Former Soviet Union

pp.：  135 – 136

Chapter Five Reversing Language Shift in Kazakhstan

pp.：  137 – 191

Chapter Six Language Policy and Language Development in Multilingual Uzbekistan

pp.：  192 – 223

Chapter Seven The Fate of Uzbek Language in the ‘Other’ Central Asian Republics

pp.：  224 – 276

Section III The Northwest Frontier Province and Pashto, Punjabi, and Balochi

pp.：  277 – 278

Chapter Eight Pashto Language Policy and Practice in the North West Frontier Province

pp.：  279 – 297

Chapter Nine A ‘Vernacular’ for a ‘New Generation’? Historical Perspectives about Urdu and Punjabi, and the Formation of Language Policy in Colonial Northwest India

pp.：  298 – 334

Chapter Ten Balochi: Towards a Biography of the Language

pp.：  335 – 352

Section IV Pedagogical Resources and Conclusion

pp.：  353 – 354

Chapter Eleven Resources for the Study of Language Policies and Languages of Afghanistan and Its Neighbors

pp.：  355 – 369

Chapter Twelve Conclusion

pp.：  370 – 374

Index

pp.：  375 – 388

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