Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion

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  • Author : Rajeshwari Vijay Pandharipande
  • Release Date : 2019-12-06
  • Publisher : Multilingual Matters
  • Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Pages : 272
  • ISBN 13 : 1788926684
  • File Size : 14,14 MB
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Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion by Rajeshwari Vijay Pandharipande PDF Summary

Book Description: This volume addresses the question ‘What role does religion play in the maintenance, revival and/or shift, of languages?’ The chapters in this volume explore the complex and dynamic relationship between religion and the maintenance, revival and/or shift of languages in different multilingual multicultural contexts, under diverse sociopolitical conditions, at different points in time. The 12 chapters cover data from Algeria, India, Israel, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, UK, USA and Uganda and discuss the impact of context, ideology, identity and education on the following religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, and some religions closely associated with China such as Confucianism and Taoism, and their respective languages and varieties of language in these regions. The languages discussed by the writers in this volume include Arabic, English, Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Pali, Sanskrit, Tamazight and Yoruba.

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