LEADER 02539nam 2200505 450 001 9910819647803321 005 20240112051816.0 010 $a9780821447819$b(electronic bk.) 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30189192 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30189192 035 $a(CKB)25176346200041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925176346200041 100 $a20240112d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Language for the World $eThe Standardization of Swahili /$fMorgan J. Robinson 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAthens, Ohio :$cOhio University Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) 225 1 $aNew African Histories Series 311 08$aPrint version: Robinson, Morgan J. A Language for the World Athens, OH : Ohio University Press,c2022 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover 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. 330 $aBased on extensive archival research, this intellectual history of Standard Swahili--a dialect of the Swahili language written in the Latin alphabet--argues that attention to the intertwined processes of codification from 1864 to 1964 lends new perspectives on history, colonialism, time, and cultural representation in East Africa and beyond. 410 0$aNew African histories series. 606 $aSwahili language$xStandardization 606 $aSwahili language$xHistory 606 $aSwahili language$xSocial aspects 606 $aSociolinguistics$xAfrica, East 615 0$aSwahili language$xStandardization. 615 0$aSwahili language$xHistory. 615 0$aSwahili language$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSociolinguistics$xAfrica, East. 676 $a496.392 700 $aRobinson$b Morgan J.$f1986-$01634716 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910819647803321 996 $aA Language for the World$93975062 997 $aUNINA