Screen LibraryDiscrimination through language in Africa? : perspectives on the Namibian experience /
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. ©1995 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Contributions to the sociology of language [csl] ;
volume 69 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110906677 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110906677.jpg |
| Item Description: | Includes indexes. |
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1 online resource (ix, 338 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110906677 |
| Index Number: | P40 |
| CLC: | H0-05 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Language and colonialism in Africa - Introduction / The politics of language planning in Africa: Critical choices for the 21st century / Nation building and language in the new South Africa / Empowerment of the masses through the use of African languages / The growth of Kiswahili as language of education and administration in Tanzania / The technicalization of the autochthonous languages of South Africa: Constraints from a present day perspective / Marketing new lexical terminology in Nigeria: Some practical considerations / The Somali language lexical project: Aims and methods / Technicalization of the lexicon through endogenous language resources: A case from Mali / Official monolingualism in Africa: A sociolinguistic assessment of linguistic and cultural pluralism in Namibia / "Our official language shall be English": The Namibian Prime Minister's perspective / Language policy and language planning in Namibia / Language and nation in Namibia: The fallacies of Modernization Theory / The role of English in Namibia: A sociocultural and linguistic account / Attitudes and language: An empirical investigation into the status and use of English in Namibia / Lexical engineering in African languages: Exemplified through Herero / The status and use of the German language in independent Namibia: Can German survive the transition? / Afrikaans - The unwanted lingua franca of Namibia / List of contributors -- Index of Names -- Subject Index. |