04223nam 2200757 a 450 991045284980332120200520144314.01-61451-194-210.1515/9781614511946(CKB)2550000001096949(EBL)893476(OCoLC)851969958(SSID)ssj0000917084(PQKBManifestationID)11493471(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917084(PQKBWorkID)10891823(PQKB)10598575(MiAaPQ)EBC893476(DE-B1597)177982(OCoLC)852835683(OCoLC)853266214(OCoLC)857080748(DE-B1597)9781614511946(Au-PeEL)EBL893476(CaPaEBR)ebr10728973(CaONFJC)MIL503483(EXLCZ)99255000000109694920130426d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRepertoires and choices in African languages[electronic resource] /Friederike Lüpke & Anne StorchBoston De Gruyter Mouton20131 online resource (434 p.)Language contact and bilingualism,2190-698X ;v. 5Description based upon print version of record.1-61451-251-5 1-299-72232-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-390) and indexes. Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables, Maps and Figures -- List of figures with cited and archived web pages. Copyrights for repoduced photographs -- List of Languages -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Lüpke, Friederike / Storch, Anne -- 1. Multilingualism on the ground / Lüpke, Friederike -- 2. Doing things with words / Storch, Anne -- 3. Language and ideology / Storch, Anne -- 4. Language and knowledge / Lüpke, Friederike / Storch, Anne -- 5. Language dynamics / Lüpke, Friederike / Storch, Anne -- 6. Not languages: repertoires as lived and living experience / Lüpke, Friederike / Storch, Anne -- References -- Language Index -- Subject Index -- Author IndexMost African languages are spoken by communities as one of several languages present on a daily basis. The persistence of multilingualism and the linguistic creativity manifest in the playful use of different languages are striking, especially against the backdrop of language death and expanding monolingualism elsewhere in the world. The effortless mastery of several languages is disturbing, however, for those who take essentialist perspectives that see it as a problem rather than a resource, and for the dominating, conflictual, sociolinguistic model of multilingualism. This volume investigates African minority languages in the context of changing patterns of multilingualism, and also assesses the status of African languages in terms of existing influential vitality scales. An important aspect of multilingual praxis is the speakers' agency in making choices, their repertoires of registers and the multiplicity of language ideology associated with different ways of speaking. The volume represents a new and original contribution to the ethnography of speaking of multilingual practices and the cultural ideas associated with them. Language contact and bilingualism ;5.MultilingualismAfricaLinguistic changeAfricaLanguages in contactAfricaLanguage and cultureAfricaLanguage and languagesVariationAfricaAfricaLanguagesElectronic books.MultilingualismLinguistic changeLanguages in contactLanguage and cultureLanguage and languagesVariation496Lüpke Friederike1045100Storch Anne660458MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452849803321Repertoires and choices in African languages2471098UNINA