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1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Colonization, Globalization and Language Vitality in Africa: An Introduction; 2. Trajectories of Language Endangerment in South Africa; 3. The Circumstances of Language Shift and Death in Southern Africa; 4. African Modernity, Transnationalism and Language Vitality: Portuguese in Multilingual Mozambique; 5. The Lives of Local and Regional Congolese Languages in Globalized Linguistic Markets; 6. Globalization and Sociolinguistic Stratification in North Africa: The Case of Morocco. |
| Summary |
This book discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa. In contrast to previous studies, the contributors examine whether or not globalization is affecting African languages in the same ways and at the same rate in different countries, and how local experiences of language change vary from place to place. Rather than seeing English as the 'killer language' par excellence, the contributors probe ways in which languages are being used side by side to complement each other in some contexts while competing against European colonial languages in others. The result is a diverse canv. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African languages.
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African languages. |
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Language and culture -- Africa.
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Language and culture. |
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Africa. |
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Languages in contact -- Africa.
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Languages in contact. |
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Linguistic geography.
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Linguistic geography. |
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Globalization -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Globalization -- Social aspects. |
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Africa -- Languages.
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Language and languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Vigouroux, Cécile B.
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Mufwene, Salikoko S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Globalization and language vitality. London : Continuum, 2008 9780826495143 (OCoLC)280371914 |
| ISBN |
9781441170736 (electronic book) |
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1441170731 (electronic book) |
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9780826495143 |
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0826495141 |
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082649515X |
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9780826495150 |
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