The languages of urban Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fiona Mc Laughlin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, NY, : Continuum, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.44096091732 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Mc LaughlinFiona |
Collana | Advances in sociolinguistics |
Soggetto topico |
Sociolinguistics - Africa
Urban dialects - Africa |
ISBN |
1-282-31954-X
9786612319549 1-4411-9656-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction to the languages of urban Africa; 2 The historical dynamic of multilingualism in Accra; 3 The story of old-urban vernaculars in North Africa; 4 The spread of Lingala as a lingua franca in the Congo Basin; 5 Senegal's early cities and the making of an urban language; 6 Discourse, community, identity: processes of linguistic homogenization in Bamako; 7 The multiple facets of the urban language form, Nouchi; 8 On assessing the ethnolinguistic vitality of Ga in Accra; 9 Multilingualism and language use in Porto Novo
10 Language choice in Dar es Salaam's billboards11 Innovations on the fringes of the Kiswahili-speaking world; 12 Polarizing and blending: compatible practices in a bilingual urban community in Cape Town; References; Index |
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Paradigm shift in language planning and policy [[electronic resource] ] : game-theoretic solutions / / by Ettien Koffi |
Autore | Koffi Ettien N'da <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.44/96 |
Collana | Contributions to the sociology of language |
Soggetto topico |
Language planning - Africa
Language policy - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-59701-1
9786613626844 1-934078-11-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Ten deadly impediments to language planning in Africa -- Chapter 2. The strategic Game theory and 3±1 language outcome -- Chapter 3. A Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in French and Portuguese colonies -- Chapter 4. A Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in Belgian, British, and German colonies -- Chapter 5. Case study: Rethinking mother-tongue education in Côte d'Ivoire -- Chapter 6. Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in African megacities -- Chapter 7. Framework and rationale for literacy planning in rural Africa -- Chapter 8. Planning multiple languages on a shoestring budget for profit -- Chapter 9. Individual efforts in language planning -- References -- Index |
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Paradigm shift in language planning and policy [[electronic resource] ] : game-theoretic solutions / / by Ettien Koffi |
Autore | Koffi Ettien N'da <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.44/96 |
Collana | Contributions to the sociology of language |
Soggetto topico |
Language planning - Africa
Language policy - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
African studies
Anthropological linguistics Emerging literacies Endangered languages Language planning Language policy Multilingualism Sociolinguistics |
ISBN |
1-280-59701-1
9786613626844 1-934078-11-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Ten deadly impediments to language planning in Africa -- Chapter 2. The strategic Game theory and 3±1 language outcome -- Chapter 3. A Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in French and Portuguese colonies -- Chapter 4. A Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in Belgian, British, and German colonies -- Chapter 5. Case study: Rethinking mother-tongue education in Côte d'Ivoire -- Chapter 6. Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in African megacities -- Chapter 7. Framework and rationale for literacy planning in rural Africa -- Chapter 8. Planning multiple languages on a shoestring budget for profit -- Chapter 9. Individual efforts in language planning -- References -- Index |
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Paradigm shift in language planning and policy [[electronic resource] ] : game-theoretic solutions / / by Ettien Koffi |
Autore | Koffi Ettien N'da <1963-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.44/96 |
Collana | Contributions to the sociology of language |
Soggetto topico |
Language planning - Africa
Language policy - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
African studies
Anthropological linguistics Emerging literacies Endangered languages Language planning Language policy Multilingualism Sociolinguistics |
ISBN |
1-280-59701-1
9786613626844 1-934078-11-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Ten deadly impediments to language planning in Africa -- Chapter 2. The strategic Game theory and 3±1 language outcome -- Chapter 3. A Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in French and Portuguese colonies -- Chapter 4. A Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in Belgian, British, and German colonies -- Chapter 5. Case study: Rethinking mother-tongue education in Côte d'Ivoire -- Chapter 6. Game-theoretic assessment of language of education policies in African megacities -- Chapter 7. Framework and rationale for literacy planning in rural Africa -- Chapter 8. Planning multiple languages on a shoestring budget for profit -- Chapter 9. Individual efforts in language planning -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810222303321 |
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Topics in African linguistics : papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990 / / edited by Salikoko S. Mufwene, Lioba Moshi ; with the assistance of Ben G. Blount and Deborah Schmidt |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 496 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MufweneSalikoko S
MoshiLioba J |
Collana | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory |
Soggetto topico |
African languages
African languages - Social aspects Sociolinguistics - Africa |
ISBN |
1-283-31308-1
9786613313089 90-272-7710-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Morphosyntax -- pt. 2. Semantics -- pt. 3. Phonology -- pt. 4. Language contact. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781842603321 |
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 | ||
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Topics in African linguistics : papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990 / / edited by Salikoko S. Mufwene, Lioba Moshi ; with the assistance of Ben G. Blount and Deborah Schmidt |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 496 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MufweneSalikoko S
MoshiLioba J |
Collana | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory |
Soggetto topico |
African languages
African languages - Social aspects Sociolinguistics - Africa |
ISBN |
1-283-31308-1
9786613313089 90-272-7710-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Morphosyntax -- pt. 2. Semantics -- pt. 3. Phonology -- pt. 4. Language contact. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818556003321 |
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 | ||
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Translation studies in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Judith Inggs and Libby Meintjes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 418.02096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
InggsJudith
MeintjesLibby |
Collana | Continuum studies in translation |
Soggetto topico |
Translating and interpreting - Africa
Multilingualism - Africa Intercultural communication - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-87557-4
9786612875571 1-4411-6760-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Translation Matters: Linguistic and Cultural Representation; 2 Cracking the Code: Translation as Transgression in Triomf; 3 Translational Intertexts in A Change of Tongue: Preliminary Thoughts; 4 How Translation Feels; 5 Problems and Prospects of Translating Yorùbá Verbal Art Into Literary English: An Ethnolinguistic Approach; 6 Translating the Third Culture: The Translation of Aspects of Senegalese Culture in Selected Literary Works by Ousmane Sembène
7 Translating, Rewriting and Retelling Traditional South African Folktales: Mediation, Imposition or Appropriation?8 The Concepts of Domestication and Foreignization in the Translation of Children's Literature in the South African Educational Context; 9 Translation and Shifting Identities in Post-apartheid South Africa: Rethinking Teaching Paradigms in Times of Transition; 10 Towards Comprehending Spoken-language Educational Interpreting as Rendered at a South African University; 11 Simultaneous Interpreting: Implementing Multilingual Teaching in a South African Tertiary Classroom; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459050903321 |
London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2009 | ||
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Translation studies in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Judith Inggs and Libby Meintjes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 418.02096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
InggsJudith
MeintjesLibby |
Collana | Continuum studies in translation |
Soggetto topico |
Translating and interpreting - Africa
Multilingualism - Africa Intercultural communication - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa |
ISBN |
1-282-87557-4
9786612875571 1-4411-6760-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Translation Matters: Linguistic and Cultural Representation; 2 Cracking the Code: Translation as Transgression in Triomf; 3 Translational Intertexts in A Change of Tongue: Preliminary Thoughts; 4 How Translation Feels; 5 Problems and Prospects of Translating Yorùbá Verbal Art Into Literary English: An Ethnolinguistic Approach; 6 Translating the Third Culture: The Translation of Aspects of Senegalese Culture in Selected Literary Works by Ousmane Sembène
7 Translating, Rewriting and Retelling Traditional South African Folktales: Mediation, Imposition or Appropriation?8 The Concepts of Domestication and Foreignization in the Translation of Children's Literature in the South African Educational Context; 9 Translation and Shifting Identities in Post-apartheid South Africa: Rethinking Teaching Paradigms in Times of Transition; 10 Towards Comprehending Spoken-language Educational Interpreting as Rendered at a South African University; 11 Simultaneous Interpreting: Implementing Multilingual Teaching in a South African Tertiary Classroom; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785373103321 |
London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2009 | ||
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Translation studies in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Judith Inggs and Libby Meintjes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 418.02096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
InggsJudith
MeintjesLibby |
Collana | Continuum studies in translation |
Soggetto topico |
Translating and interpreting - Africa
Multilingualism - Africa Intercultural communication - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa |
ISBN |
1-282-87557-4
9786612875571 1-4411-6760-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Translation Matters: Linguistic and Cultural Representation; 2 Cracking the Code: Translation as Transgression in Triomf; 3 Translational Intertexts in A Change of Tongue: Preliminary Thoughts; 4 How Translation Feels; 5 Problems and Prospects of Translating Yorùbá Verbal Art Into Literary English: An Ethnolinguistic Approach; 6 Translating the Third Culture: The Translation of Aspects of Senegalese Culture in Selected Literary Works by Ousmane Sembène
7 Translating, Rewriting and Retelling Traditional South African Folktales: Mediation, Imposition or Appropriation?8 The Concepts of Domestication and Foreignization in the Translation of Children's Literature in the South African Educational Context; 9 Translation and Shifting Identities in Post-apartheid South Africa: Rethinking Teaching Paradigms in Times of Transition; 10 Towards Comprehending Spoken-language Educational Interpreting as Rendered at a South African University; 11 Simultaneous Interpreting: Implementing Multilingual Teaching in a South African Tertiary Classroom; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829084703321 |
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World Englishes [[electronic resource] ] : a cognitive sociolinguistic approach / / by Hans-Georg Wolf, Frank Polzenhagen |
Autore | Wolf Hans-Georg <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina |
306.44
427/.96 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PolzenhagenFrank |
Collana | Applications of cognitive linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Variation - Africa
Cognitive grammar - Africa Intercultural communication - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa English language - Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-07312-5
9786612073120 3-11-019922-X |
Classificazione | HF 560 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Approaches to world Englishes: Paradigms, positions, and perspectives -- 1.1. Cognitive Linguistics and the study of world Englishes -- 1.2. The world Englishes paradigm -- 1.3. The Cognitive Linguistic paradigm and the study of language variation -- 1.4. Scope, methodology, and empirical basis of our study -- 2. The cultural model of community in African English: A comparative account -- 2.1. Analytical tools: Conceptual metaphor, cultural models, conceptual networks -- 2.2. Aspects of the African community model -- 2.3. Interim summary -- 2.4. The African community model and politics -- 2.5. Summary and implications of the analysis -- 3. Reflections on the study of intercultural communication -- 3.1. Arguments for a hermeneutic approach to the study ofintercultural communication -- 3.2. Foci of a hermeneutic approach to intercultural communication and a critique of functionalist positions -- 3.3. Intercultural understanding and the problem of relativism -- 3.4. Concluding remarks -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454066903321 |
Wolf Hans-Georg <1963->
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