Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion

This volume addresses the question 'What role does religion play in the maintenance, revival and/or shift, of languages?' It explores the complex and dynamic relationship between religion and the maintenance, revival and/or shift of languages in diverse multilingual multicultural contexts and sociopolitical conditions at different points in time.

About the author

Rajeshwari Vijay Pandharipande is University Distinguished Scholar/Teacher, Professor Emerita, Department of Religion, Linguistics, Sanskrit and Comparative and World Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Maya Khemlani David holds a PhD degree in Sociolinguistics. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, India, and a Research Associate in the Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya.  She is a widely published scholar in sociolinguistics and language policy and planning. 
Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth is Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, NYU Steinhardt, USA.

Summary

This volume addresses the question ‘What role does religion play in the maintenance, revival and/or shift, of languages?’ It explores the complex and dynamic relationship between religion and the maintenance, revival and/or shift of languages in diverse multilingual multicultural contexts and sociopolitical conditions at different points in time.

Product details

• Authors: Rajeshwari Vijay Pandharipande
• Assisted by: Maya Khemlani David (Editor), David Maya Khemlani (Editor), Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth (Editor), Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth (Editor), Rajeshwari Vijay Pandharipande (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781788926669
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-666-9
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Religion und Glaube, RELIGION / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Religion & beliefs, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Social groups: religious groups and communities