| Description |
1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Advances in sociolinguistics
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Advances in sociolinguistics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-228) and index. |
| Summary |
The Languages of Urban Africa consists of a series of case studies that address four main themes.€ The first is the history of African urban languages. The second set focus on theoretical issues in the study of African urban languages, exploring the outcomes of intense multilingualism and also the ways in which urban dwellers form their speech communities.€ The volume then moves on to explore the relationship between language and identity in the urban setting.€ The final two case studies in the volume address the evolution of urban languages in Africa. This rich set of chapters. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction to the languages of urban Africa; 2 The historical dynamic of multilingualism in Accra; 3 The story of old-urban vernaculars in North Africa; 4 The spread of Lingala as a lingua franca in the Congo Basin; 5 Senegal's early cities and the making of an urban language; 6 Discourse, community, identity: processes of linguistic homogenization in Bamako; 7 The multiple facets of the urban language form, Nouchi; 8 On assessing the ethnolinguistic vitality of Ga in Accra; 9 Multilingualism and language use in Porto Novo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- Africa.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Africa. |
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Urban dialects -- Africa.
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Urban dialects. |
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Sociolinguistics -- Africa -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Africa -- Languages.
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Language and languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Mc Laughlin, Fiona.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Languages of urban Africa. London ; New York, NY : Continuum, ©2009 9781847061164 (OCoLC)231585941 |
| ISBN |
9781441196569 (electronic book) |
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1441196560 (electronic book) |
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9781441117854 (paperback) |
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1441117857 (paperback) |
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9781847061164 |
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1847061168 |
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