Status and function of languages and language varieties : [from a session of the eleventh World Congress of Sociology of the International Sociological Association in New Delhi, 18-23 August 1986

The series Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) publishes monographs and collected volumes which explore the reception history of the Bible in a wide variety of academic and cultural contexts. Closely linked to the multi-volume project Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR), this book series is a publication platform for works which cover the broad field of reception history of the Bible in various religious traditions, historical periods, and cultural fields. Volumes in this series aim to present the material of reception processes or to develop methodological discussions in more detail, enabling authors and readers to more deeply engage and understand the dynamics of biblical reception in a wide variety of academic fields. Further information on " The Bible and Its Reception ". Foreword I. General Description and Typological Schemes Determining the Status and Function of Languages in Multinational Societies Towards a Descriptive Framework for the Status/Function (Social Position) of a Language within a Country Naturalism and the Search for a Theory of Language Types and Functions Functional Types of Language in India Functional Aspects of Language Varieties – A Theoretical-Methodological Approach II. Written, Standard and Cultivated Languages or Varieties A Normtheoretic Approach to Functional and Status Types of Language Function and Status of Written Language in East Asia Popular and Scientific Beliefs about Language Status: An Historical Sketch Über den Begriff Dachsprache Quelque remarques relatives aux concepts Abstand et Ausbau de Heinz Kloss Regressed or “Downgraded” Varieties of Language: A First Approximation Standard English Spoken Here: The Geographical Loci of Linguistic Norms III. Official, National and International Languages Pluricentricity: National Variety Lingua Minor, Franca & Nationalis “Official Language”: the Case of Lingala Towards a Clarification of the Function and Status of International Planned Languages IV. Evaluation of Languages and Language Rights Towards a Value-Free Language Use Terminology “Mother Tongue”: the Theoretical and Sociopolitical Construction of a Concept Types of Language Activation and Evaluation in an Ethnically Plural Society V. Functional Variation within Languages or Varieties 20 Postulates for a General Theory of Linguistic Variants The Language Continuum as a Pluridimensional Concept On the Typology of Linguistic Repertoires (An Italo-Romance View) On Language Mixtures Acrolect and Hyperlect: Education and Class as Foci of Linguistic Identity Diglossia and Functional Heterogeneity The Status of Pitcairn-Norfolk: Creole, Dialect or Cant? Gooniyandi Mother-in-Law “Language”: Dialect, Register and/or Code? Index of Subjects Edited By Ulrich Ammon. Developed From A Session Of The Eleventh World Congress Of Sociology Of The International Sociological Association In New Delhi, 18-23 Aug. 1986. Includes Bibliographical References.