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Author Ayres, Alyssa.

Title Speaking like a state : language and nationalism in Pakistan / Alyssa Ayres
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2009
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 1. Articulating a new nation -- 2. Urdu and the nation -- 3. The nation and its margins -- 4. The case of Punjab: elite efforts -- 5. The case of Punjab: popular culture -- 6. History and local absence -- 7. Bringing back the local past -- 8. Speaking like a state: language planning -- 9. Religion, nation, language -- 10. Conclusion
Summary This text examines language and culture's importance to political legitimacy using the example of Pakistan, in comparison with India and Indonesia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-211) and index
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Subject Language policy -- Pakistan
Language and culture -- Pakistan
Nationalism -- Pakistan
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
Language and culture
Language and languages -- Political aspects
Language policy
Nationalism
Sprachpolitik
Nationenbildung
Kulturpolitik
Politische Identität
SUBJECT Pakistan -- Languages -- Political aspects
Subject Pakistan
Pakistan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0521519314
9780521519311
0511595824
9780511595820
9780511596223
0511596227
9780511596629
0511596626
9781107404434
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