Pluricentric Languages: Differing Norms in Different Nations (Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL], 62)

The __Contributions to the Sociology of Language__ series features publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It addresses the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches – theoretical and empirical – supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of scholars interested in language in society from a broad range of disciplines – anthropology, education, history, linguistics, political science, and sociology. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher. Contents Pluricentric Languages – Introduction Portuguese as a pluricentric language Spanish as a pluricentric language Is Dutch a pluricentric language? Multiple centres of language development – the case of Tamil Swedish as a pluricentric language German as a pluricentric language French as a pluricentric language English as a pluricentric language Korean as a pluricentric language Is Arabic a pluricentric language? Chinese as a pluricentric language Amēn teł hay kay: Armenian as a pluricentric language Serbo-Croatian as a pluricentric language Hindi-Urdu as a pluricentric language Malay as a pluricentric language Pacific Pidgin Englishes Macedonian as an Ausbau language Epilogue Index of Subjects Index of Names CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language. The term pluricentric was employed by Kloss (1978 II: 66-67) to describe languages with several interacting centres, each providing a national variety with at least some of its own (codified) norms. Edited By Michael Clyne. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.