A language for the world : the standardization of Swahili

Author(s)

• Robinson, Morgan J.

Bibliographic Information

A language for the world : the standardization of Swahili

Morgan J. Robinson

（New African histories series）

Ohio University Press, c2022

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index

Summary: "Based on extensive archival research, this intellectual history of Standard Swahili--a dialect of the Swahili language written in the Latin alphabet--argues that attention to the intertwined processes of codification from 1864 to 1964 lends new perspectives on history, colonialism, time, and cultural representation in East Africa and beyond"-- Provided by publisher

Details

• NCID: BC16076054
• ISBN:
  • 9780821424940
• LCCN: 2022028000
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Athens
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 270 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PL8701
  • DC23 : 496/.392
  • DC23 : 496.392
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Swahili language -- Standardization
  • LCSH : Swahili language -- History
  • LCSH : Swahili language -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Sociolinguistics -- Africa, East
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA70605509