This book gives readers a present and critical view of different language and linguistic issues in selected Asian contexts. The language aspect of the manuscrip

This book gives readers a present and critical view of different language and linguistic issues in selected Asian contexts.

The impact of globalization processes on language is an emergent field in sociolinguistics. To date there has not been an in-depth look at this in Asia, althoug

Bringing together scholarship on issues relating to language, culture, and identity, with a special focus on Asian countries, this volume makes an important con

This volume covers the language situation in Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and