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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465677203321

Titolo

Language endangerment : globalisation & the fate of minority languages in Nigeria : a festschrift for Appolonia Uzoaku Okwudishu  / / Ozo-mekuri Ndimele, (Ed.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Port Harcourt, Nigeria : , : M & J Grand Orbit Communications Ltd., , 2015

©2015

ISBN

978-54215-1-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (680 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Festschrift Series ; ; Number 12

Disciplina

408.9

Soggetti

Endangered languages - Nigeria

Linguistic minorities - Nigeria

Language and culture - Nigeria

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In collaboration with the Linguistic Association of Nigeria"--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

This commemorative volume is the 12th edition in the Nigerian Linguists Festschrift Series devoted to Professor (Mrs.) Appolonia Uzoaku Okwudishu. The majority of the papers were presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigerian (CLAN) which was held at the Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria, and the 26th CLAN which was held at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The title derives from the theme of the 27th CLAN: Language Endangerment: Globalisation and the Fate of Minority Languages in Nigeria. A large number of the papers address the major theme of the conference, while the balance address various aspects of Nigerian linguistics, languages, communication, and literature. Fifty-one papers are included, ranging from sociolinguistics through applied linguistics to formal areas of linguistics which include phonology, morphology and syntax of Nigerian languages. Papers on language endangerment and language revitalisation strategies for safeguarding the vanishing



indigenous tongues of Nigeria are the major focus, and the book serves as important reference material in various aspects of language and linguistic studies in Nigeria.