04380nam 2200661 450 991078895370332120230421055144.03-11-090667-810.1515/9783110906677(CKB)3390000000062226(SSID)ssj0001457426(PQKBManifestationID)11861651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001457426(PQKBWorkID)11441772(PQKB)11510376(MiAaPQ)EBC3049972(DE-B1597)40777(OCoLC)979693833(DE-B1597)9783110906677(Au-PeEL)EBL3049972(CaPaEBR)ebr11044159(CaONFJC)MIL805725(OCoLC)922950823(EXLCZ)99339000000006222620150427h19951995 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrDiscrimination through language in Africa? perspectives on the Namibian experience /edited by Martin PützReprint 2013Berlin, [Germany] ;New York, [New York] :Mouton de Gruyter,1995.©19951 online resource (348 pages)Contributions to the Sociology of Language ;69Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-11-014817-X Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Language and colonialism in Africa - Introduction / Pütz, Martin -- Section 1: Language contact and language conflict in Africa -- The politics of language planning in Africa: Critical choices for the 21st century / Bokamba, Eyamba G. -- Nation building and language in the new South Africa / Alexander, Neville -- Empowerment of the masses through the use of African languages / Matsela, Zach A. -- The growth of Kiswahili as language of education and administration in Tanzania / Batibo, Herman M. -- Section 2: Language expansion and language engineering: Case studies from Africa -- The technicalization of the autochthonous languages of South Africa: Constraints from a present day perspective / Webb, Victor -- Marketing new lexical terminology in Nigeria: Some practical considerations / Adegbija, Efurosibina -- The Somali language lexical project: Aims and methods / Puglielli, Annarita -- Technicalization of the lexicon through endogenous language resources: A case from Mali / Ouane, Adama -- Section 3: Language, culture and nation building: An illustration with Namibia -- Official monolingualism in Africa: A sociolinguistic assessment of linguistic and cultural pluralism in Namibia / Pütz, Martin -- "Our official language shall be English": The Namibian Prime Minister's perspective / Geingob, Hage G. -- Language policy and language planning in Namibia / Harlech-Jones, Brian -- Language and nation in Namibia: The fallacies of Modernization Theory / Beck, Anke -- Section 4: The status and use of languages: Linguistic conflict in Namibia -- The role of English in Namibia: A sociocultural and linguistic account / Harlech-Jones, Brian -- Attitudes and language: An empirical investigation into the status and use of English in Namibia / Pütz, Martin -- Lexical engineering in African languages: Exemplified through Herero / Ohly, Rajmund -- The status and use of the German language in independent Namibia: Can German survive the transition? / Gretschel, Hans-Volker -- Afrikaans - The unwanted lingua franca of Namibia / Fourie, Kotie -- List of contributors -- Index of Names -- Subject IndexContributions to the sociology of language ;69.SociolinguisticsNamibiaLanguage planningNamibiaLanguage planningAfrica, Sub-SaharanSociolinguisticsAfrica, Sub-SaharanSociolinguisticsLanguage planningLanguage planningSociolinguistics306.4/4/096881Pütz Martin1955-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788953703321Discrimination through language in Africa1298026UNINA