Bordering Tibetan languages: making and marking languages in transnational high Asia

<i>Bordering Tibetan Languages: Making and Marking Languages in Transnational High Asia</i> examines the complex interactions between state, ethnic, and linguistic borders in the Himalaya. These case studies from Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal show how people in the Himalaya talk border...

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Other Authors: Roche, Gerald 1978- (Editor), Hyslop, Gwendolyn ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2022
Series:Asian borderlands
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048552719
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048552719
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048552719
Summary:<i>Bordering Tibetan Languages: Making and Marking Languages in Transnational High Asia</i> examines the complex interactions between state, ethnic, and linguistic borders in the Himalaya. These case studies from Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal show how people in the Himalaya talk borders into existence, and also how those borders speak to them and their identities. These 'talking borders' exist in a world where state borders are contested, and which is being irrevocably transformed by rapid social and economic change. This book offers a new perspective on this dynamic region by centring language, and in doing so, also offers new ways of thinking about how borders and language influence each other
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (216 Seiten)
ISBN:9789048552719
DOI:10.1017/9789048552719