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Autore |
Robinson Morgan J. <1986-> |
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Titolo |
A Language for the World : The Standardization of Swahili / / Morgan J. Robinson |
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Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 pages) |
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Collana |
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New African Histories Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Swahili language - Standardization |
Swahili language - History |
Swahili language - Social aspects |
Sociolinguistics - Africa, East |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page -- New African Histories -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: "Note-Books and Slowly Accumulating Vocabularies" -- 2: Msimulizi and the Cultivation of the Upelekwa -- 3: German Zeit and Swahili Time -- 4: Interlocutors in Interterritorial Codification -- 5: The East African Literature Bureau: Creating Creativity in Standard Swahili -- 6: Rumblings of Unanticipated Demand -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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