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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Turin, Mark

Titel

Language Contact in Nepal: A study on language use and attitudes, by Bhim L Gautam

Ist Teil von

• European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 2021-01 (57)

Ort / Verlag

CNRS - UPR 299 - Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Finally, a readable and mainstream introduction to the very complex topic of language contact in Nepal. Drawing on his earlier published work and on the harmonised results of a 15-year mixed methods study, Bhim Lal Gautam presents both quantitative and qualitative data on the attitudes and perceptions that speakers of English, Hindi, Nepali, Sherpa, Dotyali, Jumli and Tharu display about their mother tongues. In broad strokes, language contact is the process by which languages influence one a...