Language Standardisation and Language Variation in Multilingual Contexts: Asian Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Nicola McLelland (editor); Hui Zhao (editor)

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2021
Tongue: English
Leaves: 353
Series: Multilingual Matters; 171
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book breaks new ground in the study of language standards and standardization through its focus on Asia and in the attention paid to multilingual contexts. The chapters add to our understanding of the ways in which multilingualism is implicated in language standardization, as well as the impact of language standards on multilingualism.

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