30.3592, Books: Linguistic Ecology - Bihar: Kumar Singh (ed.), Sinha

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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:48:00
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Linguistic Ecology - Bihar: Kumar Singh (ed.), Sinha

 


Title: Linguistic Ecology: Bihar 
Series Title: LINCOM Language Research 12  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: lincom-shop.eu/LLR-12-Linguistic-Ecology-Bihar/en 


Editor: Shailendra Kumar Singh
Author: Sweta Sinha

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862889839 Pages: 180 Price: Europe EURO 80.00


Abstract:

The proposed volume presents an overview of the ethno-linguistic aspects of
major languages spoken in the Indian state of Bihar. With a population size
close to 100 million, the state has rich linguistic diversity. The book
initiates special discussion on linguistic habitat of one of the profoundest
multilingual states of India in synchronic and diachronic contexts. This
volume is not a textbook in a strict sense, but has been designed to serve as
main source of reading for linguists looking forward towards a comprehensive
material on linguistic ecosphere of Bihar.

Languages like Maithili, Magahi, Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Kurmali and Eastern Hindi
varieties have been discussed in details in different chapters. Some of the
chapters provide an excellent read on folklore, traditional ecological
knowledge and linguistic landscape of the region including the languages
spoken by migrant communities. The volume would immensely benefit students and
researchers studying languages including lesser known languages and language
varieties spoken in Bihar and adjoining areas. This book would also be
resourceful to linguists working in the areas of language contact,
sociolinguistics, language documentation, language typology, language planning
and policy making. In addition to linguists, political scientists and
anthropologists, this volume will also prove to be useful for ecological
studies, regional studies and gender studies. Some chapters will also be
useful to non-specialists including educators, politicians, social activists
and government officials concerned with linguistic habitat.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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