02539nam 2200505 450 991079606420332120240112051816.09780821447819(electronic bk.)(MiAaPQ)EBC30189192(Au-PeEL)EBL30189192(CKB)25176346200041(EXLCZ)992517634620004120240112d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Language for the World The Standardization of Swahili /Morgan J. RobinsonFirst edition.Athens, Ohio :Ohio University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (320 pages)New African Histories SeriesPrint version: Robinson, Morgan J. A Language for the World Athens, OH : Ohio University Press,c2022 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.New African histories series.Swahili languageStandardizationSwahili languageHistorySwahili languageSocial aspectsSociolinguisticsAfrica, EastSwahili languageStandardization.Swahili languageHistory.Swahili languageSocial aspects.SociolinguisticsAfrica, East.496.392Robinson Morgan J.1986-1462702MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910796064203321A Language for the World3671787UNINA