Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Language Politics and Language Contact -- References -- 1. Language Contact and the Politics of Recognition amongst Tibetans in the People's Republic of China -- Vertical and Horizontal Politics of Language Contact in Tibet -- The rTa'u-speaking 'Horpa': Ambiguous Origins and Shifting Polysemy -- rTa'u-speakers and Contemporary Tibetan Language Politics -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. What Happened to the Ahom Language? -- The Mandala State -- The Ahom Kingdom -- The Colonial State -- The Modern State -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. Transforming Language to Script -- Linguistic Authority Through Language Contact -- Writing Language, Claiming "Authenticity" -- Language, Dialect, and Making "Corrections" -- Language, Script, and Social Acceptability -- Language, Education and Frames of "Legitimacy" -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4. The Significance of Place in Ethnolinguistic Vitality -- Kaike Speakers -- Language and Identity -- Intergenerational Transmission -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. Speaking Chone, Speaking 'Shallow' -- The Shape of Linguistic Hegemony: Coercion and Consent -- Situating Chone County in Time and Place -- Research Methods and Subject Position -- Coercion as an Aspect of Linguistic Hegemony -- The Role of Consent in Shaping Linguistic Hegemony -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Concluding Thoughts on Language Shift and Linguistic Diversity in the Himalaya -- Acknowledgements -- References -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Index.

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