Shifting Languages

by J. Joseph Errington

Book Overview

Indonesian is the national language of a vast, plural nation state, the world's fourth-largest country with a population of over 200 million. Although its use is growing rapidly, and is now spoken by nearly everyone over the age of six, it has almost relatively few native speakers. This remarkable growth, unprecedented in the development world, is largely due to the forceful presence of state institutions that use, promote, and disseminate a language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521634482
• ISBN13: 9780521634489
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"