Bordering Tibetan Languages : : Making and Marking Languages in Transnational High Asia / / ed. by Gerald Roche, Gwendolyn Hyslop.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Donohue, Cathryn,; Harris, Tina,; Hyslop, Gwendolyn,; Lepcha, Charisma K.,; Roche, Gerald,; Schendel, Willem,; Schmidt, Dirk,; Suzuki, Hiroyuki,; Ward, Shannon,
• HerausgeberIn: Hyslop, Gwendolyn,; Roche, Gerald,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Asian Borderlands ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (218 p.)

Bordering Tibetan Languages: Making and Marking Languages in Transnational High Asia examines the complex interactions between state, ethnic, and linguistic borders in the Himalaya. These case studies from Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal show how people in the Himalaya talk borders into existence, a...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• About the Cover Image
• 1 Introduction: Bordering Tibetan Languages. Making and Marking Languages in Transnational High Asia
• 2 Playing with Language Boundaries. Heteroglot Standard Language Ideology and Linguistic Belonging among Amdo Children
• 3 The Role of Classical Tibetan (Chöke) on the Development of Kurtöp , a Language of Bhutan
• 4 Reimagining Rongring without Tibetan Buddhist Influence
• 5 Glottonyms, Identity, and Language Recognition in the Eastern Tibetosphere
• 6 On the Yak Horns of a Dilemma. Diverging Standards in Diaspora Tibetan
• 7 Changing Identity and Linguistic Practices in Nubri. Veiled Language Endangerment in the Nepalese Tibetosphere
• 8 Borderline Dominance: Transnational Tibetan Language Politics in the Himalayas
• 9 Borders: In Conclusion
• Tibetan Language Summaries
• Index