Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- List of Maps and Tables -- 1. THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE AND POLITICS -- PART ONE: TANZANIA -- Introduction to Part One -- 2. LANGUAGE USE AND LANGUAGE POLICY IN TANZANIA: AN OVERVIEW -- 3. THE EVOLUTION OF TANZANIAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS -- 4. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS IN TANZANIAN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS -- 5. LANGUAGE, LAW, AND CHANGE: PROBLEMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM IN TANZANIA -- 6. HYPERBOLE, POLITICS, AND POTENT SPECIFICATION: THE POLITICAL USES OF A FIGURE OF SPEECH -- 7. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS IN A RURAL TAN Z AN IAN COUNCIL -- PART TWO: INDIA -- Introduction to Part Two -- 8. MULTILINGUALISM IN INDIA AND ITS SOCIOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS: AN OVERVIEW -- 9. THE EVOLUTION OF COURTS, COUNCILS, AND LEGISLATURES IN INDIA -- 10. PRACTICE AND THEORY OF LANGUAGE PLANNING: THE INDIAN POLICY PROCESS -- 11. LANGUAGE CONTROVERSIES IN THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT (LokSabha): 1952-1960 -- 12. LANGUAGE AND LITIGATION IN SOUTH INDIA -- 13. 'I-SPEECH' IN ORISSA -- PART THREE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- Introduction to Part Three -- 14. POLITICAL POWER AND LINGUISTIC INEQUALITY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- 15. THE EVOLUTION OF COURTS, COUNCILS, AND LEGISLATURES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- 16. INTERPRETERS IN LOCAL COURTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- 17. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS OF AN ELITE GROUP: THE TOLAI OF NEW BRITAIN -- PART FOUR: DISCIPLINARY INTERESTS IN LANGUAGE AND POLITICS -- 18. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS FROM A SOCIOLINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW -- 19. BOUNDARIES, STRATEGIES, AND POWER RELATIONS: POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND LANGUAGE -- 20. FORMAL INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES AND LANGUAGE -- 21. POLITICAL SCIENCE, LANGUAGE, AND POLITICS -- 22. LANGUAGE AND THE LAW: THE EXERCISE OF POLITICAL POWER THROUGH OFFICIAL DESIGNATION OF LANGUAGE -- Bibliography -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects