Language and society in Africa : the theory and practice of sociolinguistics
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Language and society in Africa : the theory and practice of sociolinguistics
Witwatersrand University Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
"Language and Society in Africa" provides a survey, from a list of renowned linguists, of sociolinguistic theory and practice in Africa. The book is based on papers delivered at an important conference at the University of the Witwatersrand in February 1990 and includes chapters on language policy, language planning, the analysis of social interaction, applied sociolinguistics and language and cultural studies. Authors include Bernd Heine, Carol Eastman, Neville Alexander, Carol Myers-Scotton and Matthias Brenzinger.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: language in a divided society Robert K. Herbert SECTION I: Language policy Language policies in Africa Bernd Heine
- Language policies in AFrica: the case for Chichewa in Malawi Enoch Timpunza Mvula
- Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of sociolinguistics in pre-independent Namibia: the effects of first and second order observation Rajmund Ohly
- Language and social history in South Africa: a task still to be undertaken David Brown SECTION II: Language planning Sociolinguistics in Africa: Language planning Carol M.
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