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Language in South Africa : the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development / / Vic Webb
| Language in South Africa : the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development / / Vic Webb |
| Autore | Webb Victor N |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44/968 |
| Collana | Impact, studies in language and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Language planning - South Africa
Language policy - South Africa Sociolinguistics - South Africa |
| ISBN |
9786612162060
9781282162068 1282162063 9789027297631 9027297630 |
| Classificazione | EP 13150 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Language in South Africa -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures, tables, abbreviations, notes on terms, examples of languages, acknowledgements and maps -- Abbreviations -- A note about the author -- Brief notes on the use of selected terms -- Examples from South Africa's languages -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Invisible voices -- Chapter 2: Exploring the maze -- Chapter 3: The nature of things -- Chapter 4: For the people, by the people -- Chapter 5: The power of one -- Chapter 6: Growing potential -- Chapter 7: Spreading the wealth -- Chapter 8: Giving voice -- Chapter 9: Steering the course -- Bibliography -- Index -- IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910972657003321 |
Webb Victor N
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| Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surviving the Middle Passage : the West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund / / edited by Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith ; with the assistance of Robert Borges
| Surviving the Middle Passage : the West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund / / edited by Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith ; with the assistance of Robert Borges |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (542 p.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.2209883 |
| Collana | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Languages in contact - African, West
Languages in contact - Suriname Gbe languages - Grammar, Comparative - Bantu Bantu languages - Grammar, Comparative - Gbe |
| ISBN |
3-11-039499-5
3-11-034397-5 |
| Classificazione | EP 13150 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction: Creole Studies and Contact Linguistics -- The early history of Surinam: Why is Surinam different? -- Migrations, ethno-dynamics and geolinguistics in the Eastern Aja-Tado cultural Area -- Ingredient X: The shared African lexical element in the English lexifier Atlantic Creoles, and the theory of rapid creolization -- Relexification, and other language contact scenarios for explaining substrate effects -- Trans-Atlantic patterns: the relexification of locative constructions in Sranan -- Verb Semantics and Argument Structure in the Gbe and Sranan -- Morphology, cross-linguistic effects, and Creole formation -- Non-iconic reduplications in Eastern Gbe and Surinam -- Substrate phonology, superstrate phonology and adstrate phonology in creole languages -- The left periphery in the Surinamese creoles and Gbe: on the modularity of substrate transfer -- Relexification and clause-embedding predicates -- Conclusion: Feature distribution in the West Africa-Surinam Trans-Atlantic Sprachbund -- Bibliography of work resulting from the Trans-Atlantic Sprachbund project -- A preliminary list of probable Kikongo lexical items in the Surinam Creole languages -- A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creole languages -- References -- Indices |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910345995403321 |
| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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