| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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[Oxford linguistics] |
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Oxford linguistics.
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| Contents |
Egypt: from Egyptian to pan-Arab nationalism / Yasir Suleiman -- Morocco: language, nationalism, and gender / Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi -- Sudan: majorities, minorities, and language interactions / Wendy James -- Senegal: the emergence of a national lingua franca / Fiona McLaughlin -- Mali: in defense of cultural and linguistic pluralism / Ingse Skattum -- Sierra Leone: Krio and the quest for national integration / B. Akíntúndé Oyètádé and Victor Fashole Luke -- Ghana: indigenous languages, English, and an emerging national identity / Akosua Anyidoho and M.E. Kropp Dakubu -- Ivory Coast: the supremacy of French / Anne Moseng Knutsen -- Nigeria: ethnolinguistic competition in the giant of Africa / Andrew Simpson and B. Akíntúndé Oyètádé -- Cameroon: official bilingualism in a multilingual state / Edmond Biloa and George Echu -- D.R. Congo: language and "authentic nationalism" / Eyamba G. Bokamba -- Kenya: language and the search for a coherent national identity / Chege Githiora -- Tanzania: the development of Swahili as a national and official language / Farouk Topan -- The Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia / David Appleyard and Martin Orwin -- Zambia: "one Zambia, one nation, many languages" / Lutz Marten and Nancy C. Kula -- South Africa: the rocky road to nation-building / Rajend Mesthrie |
| Summary |
This book focuses on language, culture, and national identity in Africa. Leading specialists examine countries in every part of the continent - Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Senegal, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanbia, South Africa, and the nations of the Horn, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Each chapter describes and examines the country's linguistic and political history and the relation of its languages to national, ethnic, and cultural identities, and assesses the relative status of majority and minority languages and the role of language in ethnic conflict. --From publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-362) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Nationalism -- Africa
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Anthropological linguistics -- Africa
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Anthropological linguistics
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Language and languages -- Political aspects
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Nationalism
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Taal.
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Nationale identiteit.
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Antropologisk lingvistik -- Afrika.
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Afrikanska språk.
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Språk -- politiska aspekter.
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Nationalism -- Afrika.
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Africa -- Languages -- Political aspects
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Africa
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Afrika.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Simpson, Andrew, 1962-
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| ISBN |
9780191536816 |
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0191536814 |
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9781435642249 |
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1435642244 |
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