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Bordering Tibetan Languages: Making and Marking Languages in Transnational High Asia

By Roche , Gwendolyn , Gerald; Hyslop

Book information

Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9789463725040, 9789048552719
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3511774 bytes)
Pages
228\217
DPI
600
Orientation
yes
Paginated
no
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2024-10-12 15:23:25

Description

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

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