A Language for the World The Standardization of Swahili.

Based on extensive archival research, this intellectual history of Standard Swahili--a dialect of the Swahili language written in the Latin alphabet--argues that attention to the intertwined processes of codification from 1864 to 1964 lends new perspectives on history, colonialism, time, and cultura...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robinson, Morgan J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2022.
Colección:New African Histories Ser.
Temas:
Sociolinguistics > Africa, East.
Swahili language > History.
Swahili language > Social aspects.
Swahili language > Standardization.
Swahili (Langue) > Histoire.
Swahili (Langue) > Aspect social.
Swahili (Langue) > Normalisation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • New African Histories
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1: "Note-Books and Slowly Accumulating Vocabularies"
  • 2: Msimulizi and the Cultivation of the Upelekwa
  • 3: German Zeit and Swahili Time
  • 4: Interlocutors in Interterritorial Codification
  • 5: The East African Literature Bureau: Creating Creativity in Standard Swahili
  • 6: Rumblings of Unanticipated Demand
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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