Globalization and language vitality : perspectives from black Africa /

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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 va...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vigouroux, Cécile B., Mufwene, Salikoko S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum, 2008.
Temas:
African languages.
Language and culture > Africa.
Languages in contact > Africa.
Linguistic geography.
Globalization > Social aspects > Africa.
Langues africaines.
Langage et culture > Afrique.
Langues en contact > Afrique.
Géographie linguistique.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Afrique.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > African Languages.
African languages
Globalization > Social aspects
Language and culture
Language and languages
Languages in contact
Linguistic geography
Africa > Languages.
Afrique > Langues.
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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