| Shifting Languages Contributor(s): Errington, J. Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511612486 ISBN-13: 9780511612480 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $191.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 306.449 |
| Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Until recently, Indonesian, the national language of a vast, plural nation state, was spoken by very few of the Javanese who live in south-central Java. But the national language is now being learned, along with a national identity, and is the key vehicle for modernity and progress in these communities. Errington has written a fascinating account of the role of language in radical social transformation. |