Revisualizing boundaries : a plurilingual ethos (Record no. 12142)
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fixed length control field | 02624pam a2200265 a 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
ISBN | 0803993536 (India : hb : alk. paper) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
ISBN | 9780803993532 |
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ISBN | 8170365988 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
ISBN | 9788170365983 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 306.44 |
Item number | KHU |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
Personal name | Khubchandani, Lachman Mulchand. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Revisualizing boundaries : a plurilingual ethos |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication | New Delhi ; |
-- | Thousand Oaks : |
Name of publisher | Sage Publications, |
Year of publication | 1997. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Number of Pages | 255 p. : |
Other physical details | illustrations ; |
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
Series statement | Language and development ; |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | Included Index. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Foreward / Probal Dasgupta --<br/>0. Introduction --<br/>1. Reality and Language Constructs --<br/>2. Traditions and Technologies --<br/>3. A Sociolinguistic Area --<br/>4. 'Minorities' in a Plurilingual Milieu --<br/>5. Transforming Language Pluralism --<br/>6. Indian Diglossia --<br/>7. Language Census --<br/>8. Language Modernization --<br/>9. Language Planning: A Critique --<br/>10. Language Elites. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc | The prevailing paradigm of modern linguistic scholarship is based on the notion of conflict resolution, which makes it imperative to demolish one theory in favor of another. Revisualizing Boundaries sets out to create a new agenda that probes the contours of plurality consciousness in studies of language. Focusing on the strengths of complementary orientations, author Lachman M. Khubchandani examines areas ranging from methodological constructs, the role of minority languages and diglossia, to language modernizations and planning the role of language elites. Khubchandani also makes a strong case for moving away from the monolith of language traditions to a framework that places the boundaries of speech spectrums in a fluid transactional mode. Focusing on the dynamics of language as an institution, this unique study highlights the nonlinear characteristics of natural languageùits openness and overlapping boundaries, which meet the demands of a fuzzy reality. This approach promotes a dialogue among those who treat language as an instrument of power and those who wish to move beyond narrow definitions to regard language as a synergetic network inspiring trust in cross-cultural settings. Lucidly written, Revisualizing Boundaries will be interest to all those involved with sociolinguistics, linguistic theory, cultural studies, and communication in a plural setting -- Provided by the publisher. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Sociolinguistics. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Multilingualism. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Language planning. |
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Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/96042037-d.html |
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Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/96042037-t.html |
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Koha item type | Reference Books |
Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 17/06/1998 | Purchased | 870.00 | 306.44 KHU | 004647 | Reference Books |