Languages in Africa : Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education /

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People in many African communities live within a series of concentric circles when it comes to language. In a small group, a speaker uses an often unwritten and endangered mother tongue that is rarely used in school. A national indigenous language-written, widespread, sometimes used in school-surrou...

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Other Authors: Kramer, Ruth (Ruth T.) (Editor), Tlale Boyer, One (Editor), Zsiga, Elizabeth C. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Afrikanska språk.
Språkpolitik.
Modersmålsundervisning.
Flerspråkighet.
Native language and education.
Multilingualism.
Language policy.
African languages > Social aspects.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Langues africaines > Aspect social > Congres.
Langue maternelle et education > Afrique > Congres.
Multilinguisme > Afrique > Congres.
African languages > Social aspects > Congresses.
Language policy > Africa > Congresses.
Native language and education > Africa > Congresses.
Multilingualism > Africa > Congresses.
Africa.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
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Summary:People in many African communities live within a series of concentric circles when it comes to language. In a small group, a speaker uses an often unwritten and endangered mother tongue that is rarely used in school. A national indigenous language-written, widespread, sometimes used in school-surrounds it. An international language like French or English, a vestige of colonialism, carries prestige, is used in higher education, and promises mobility-and yet it will not be well known by its users. The essays in Languages in Africa explore the layers of African multilingualism as they affect lang.
Item Description:"Contributors to this volume came together to discuss the problems and promise of African multilingualism at a joint meeting of the Annual Conference on African Linguistics and the Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics in Washington, D.C., in March 2013. As part of that joint conference, a workshop on language and education in Africa was organized by Carolyn Adger of the Center for Applied Linguistics. That workshop became the inspiration for this volume"--Introduction
Physical Description:1 online resource (160 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781626161535

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