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Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Standardisation of African Languages written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Birgit Brock-Utne
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1873927177
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (739 download)
Download or read book Languages and Education in Africa written by Birgit Brock-Utne and published by Symposium Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009-05-11 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of this book cuts across disciplines. Contributors to this volume are specialized in education and especially classroom research as well as in linguistics, most being transdisciplinary themselves. Around 65 sub-Saharan languages figure in this volume as research objects: as means of instruction, in connection with teacher training, language policy, lexical development, harmonization efforts, information technology, oral literature and deaf communities. The co-existence of these African languages with English, French and Arabic is examined as well. This wide range of languages and subjects builds on recent field work, giving new empirical evidence from 17 countries: Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as to transnational matters like the harmonization of African transborder languages. As the Editors – a Norwegian social scientist and a Norwegian linguist, both working in Africa – have wanted to give room for African voices, the majority of contributions to this volume come from Africa.
Author : Ekkehard Wolff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107088550
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Language and Development in Africa written by Ekkehard Wolff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the central role of language across all aspects of public and private life in Africa.
Author : Ana Deumert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027218575
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Language Standardization and Language Change written by Ana Deumert and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language Standardization and Language Change describes the formation of an early standard norm at the Cape around 1900. The processes of variant reduction and sociolinguistic focusing which accompanied the early standardization history of Afrikaans (or 'Cape Dutch' as it was then called) are analysed within the broad methodological framework of corpus linguistics and variation analysis. Multivariate statistical techniques (cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling and PCA) are used to model the emergence of linguistic uniformity in the Cape Dutch speech community. The book also examines language contact and creolization in the early settlement, the role of Afrikaner nationalism in shaping language attitudes and linguistic practices, and the influence of English. As a case study in historical sociolinguistics the book calls into question the traditional view of the emergence of an Afrikaans standard norm, and advocates a strongly sociolinguistic, speaker-orientated approach to language history in general, and standardization studies in particular.
Author : Bernd Heine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521666299
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (662 download)
Download or read book African Languages written by Bernd Heine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-03 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to African languages and linguistics, covering typology, structure and sociolinguistics. The twelve chapters are written by a team of fifteen eminent Africanists, and their topics include the four major language groupings (Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Afroasiatic and Khoisan), the core areas of modern theoretical linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax), typology, sociolinguistics, comparative linguistics, and language, history and society. Basic concepts and terminology are explained for undergraduates and non-specialist readers, but each chapter also provides an overview of the state of the art in its field, and as such will be referred to also by more advanced students and general linguists. The book brings this range of material together in accessible form for anyone wishing to learn more about this challenging and fascinating field.
Author : Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137316233
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Language Policy and Economics: The Language Question in Africa written by Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the perennial question of how to promote Africa’s indigenous languages as medium of instruction in educational systems. Breaking with the traditional approach to the continent’s language question by focusing on the often overlooked issue of the link between African languages and economic development, Language Policy and Economics argues that African languages are an integral part of a nation’s socio-political and economic development. Therefore, the book argues that any language policy designed to promote these languages in such higher domains as the educational system in particular must have economic advantages if the intent is to succeed, and proposes Prestige Planning as the way to address this issue. The proposition is a welcome break away from language policies which pay lip-service to the empowerment of African languages while, by default, strengthening the stranglehold of imported European languages.
Author : Jack Berry
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111562522
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Linguistics in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Jack Berry and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521763894
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)
Download or read book Standards of English written by Raymond Hickey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed.
Author : Felix Banda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781920294526
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (945 download)
Download or read book A Unified Standard Orthography for South-Central African Languages written by Felix Banda and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victor N. Webb
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027218490
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (184 download)
Download or read book Language in South Africa written by Victor N. Webb and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the role which language, or, more properly, languages, can perform in the reconstruction and development of South Africa. The approach followed in this book is characterised by a numbers of features - its aim is to be factually based and theoretically informed.
Author : Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1920338799
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Language Science and Language technology in Africa written by Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad overview of current work on South African languages, language resources and language technologies. While it provides a fairly comprehensive overview, it also ties together the most recent knowledge state here, and is therefore truly innovative ? The book is therefore informed by current international trends in the respective fields of science, and feeds back into them ? There is absolutely no doubt that the book has an academic peer audience and is directed at specialists in the field. - Prof. Axel Fleisch, University of Helsinki, Finland
Author : Jeanne S. Chall
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674748859
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (488 download)
Download or read book The Reading Crisis written by Jeanne S. Chall and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How severe is the literacy gap in our schools? In The Reading Crisis, the renowned reading specialist Jeanne Chall and her colleagues examine the causes of this disparity and suggest some remedies.
Author : Rajend Mesthrie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521791052
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Language in South Africa written by Rajend Mesthrie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-10-17 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging guide to language and society in South Africa. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of wider socio-historical processes; contact between the different language varieties; language and public policy issues associated with post-apartheid society and its eleven official languages.
Author : Karen Calteaux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Standard and Non-standard African Language Varieties in the Urban Areas of South Africa written by Karen Calteaux and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides data on standard and non-standard African language varieties occurring in urban areas of South Africa, drawn from nine smaller reports. It illustrates the language use patterns in black urban communities and describes the language varieties spoken in them. It was found that the impact of non-standard varieties on the use of standard African languages is reflected clearly in their grammatical systems. Main sources of influence are the European languages of daily contact. Grammatical adaptation of the standard African languages, in the form of lexical adoption from foreign languages, is a major focus of the report. Implications of the study's results for African language planning and for education are discussed. Chapters address these topics: research origins, background, and methodology; theoretical bases in research on sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language change, linguistic borrowing, language variation, and language use within a speech community; language use patterns in black urban communities, both general and specific; the nature of phonological change; the nature of morphological change; syntactic change; semantic shift; language interference in the schools; language planning in this context; and implications for South African education policy and practice. Contains 124 references. (MSE)
Author : Vivian de Klerk
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027276048
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book Focus on South Africa written by Vivian de Klerk and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1996-02-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a range of studies on various aspects of English and its use in Southern Africa. Experts in their field have written chapters on topics including the history and development of English in South Africa, the characteristics of particular pan-ethnic varieties of English which have evolved in South Africa (including black, Indian and colored varieties) as well as the unique features of the English of South Africa’s southern neighbours: Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Other contributions focus on English in relation to issues such as standardisation, lexicography, education, language planning, language attitudes and interaction patterns. The book will be of primary interest to students of linguistics and language, but should also be relevant to educationists, sociologists and historians.
Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108425348
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book English in Multilingual South Africa written by Raymond Hickey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative and insightful exploration of varieties of English in contemporary South Africa.
Author : Michael Mann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351611593
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book A Thesaurus of African Languages written by Michael Mann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1987, this thesaurus is concerned with the spoken languages of Africa. Languages are grouped into a relatively large number of sets and subsets within which the relationship of languages to one another is locally apparent and uncontroversial. The volume presents the languages in classified order with notes on each language, their variant names and immediate classification, and reference to the sources consulted. One section offers an exhaustive list of the languages spoken as home languages by local communities in each state, together with details of languages widely used for inter-group communication, given official recognition, or used in education or the media. There are brief phonological analyses of a broad sample of some 20 African languages and a comprehensive bibliography and language index to the whole work
