A Language for the World : The Standardization of Swahili / / Morgan J. Robinson |
Autore | Robinson Morgan J. <1986-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 pages) |
Disciplina | 496.392 |
Collana | New African Histories Series |
Soggetto topico |
Swahili language - Standardization
Swahili language - History Swahili language - Social aspects Sociolinguistics - Africa, East |
ISBN | 9780821447819 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796064203321 |
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A Language for the World : The Standardization of Swahili / / Morgan J. Robinson |
Autore | Robinson Morgan J. <1986-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 pages) |
Disciplina | 496.392 |
Collana | New African Histories Series |
Soggetto topico |
Swahili language - Standardization
Swahili language - History Swahili language - Social aspects Sociolinguistics - Africa, East |
ISBN | 9780821447819 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819647803321 |
Robinson Morgan J. <1986->
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The story of Swahili / / John M. Mugane ; cover design by Beth Pratt |
Autore | Mugane John M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 496.392 |
Collana | Africa in World History |
Soggetto topico |
Swahili language - History
Swahili language - Social aspects Swahili-speaking peoples - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-89680-489-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460707803321 |
Mugane John M.
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The story of Swahili / / John M. Mugane ; cover design by Beth Pratt |
Autore | Mugane John M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 496.392 |
Collana | Africa in World History |
Soggetto topico |
Swahili language - History
Swahili language - Social aspects Swahili-speaking peoples - History |
ISBN | 0-89680-489-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Swahili, a language alive -- Swahili, the complex language of a cosmopolitan people -- A grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptation -- A classical era : the peak of Swahili prosperity, 1000-1500 CE -- Consolidation of a popular language, 1500-1850s -- The women of Swahili -- The Swahili literary tradition -- Writing Swahili in Arabic characters -- Colonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1850s to the 1960s and beyond -- Modern Swahili : moving on -- Swahili in African American life -- Swahili is for the living. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797214003321 |
Mugane John M.
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The story of Swahili / / John M. Mugane ; cover design by Beth Pratt |
Autore | Mugane John M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 496.392 |
Collana | Africa in World History |
Soggetto topico |
Swahili language - History
Swahili language - Social aspects Swahili-speaking peoples - History |
ISBN | 0-89680-489-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Swahili, a language alive -- Swahili, the complex language of a cosmopolitan people -- A grand smorgasbord of borrowings and adaptation -- A classical era : the peak of Swahili prosperity, 1000-1500 CE -- Consolidation of a popular language, 1500-1850s -- The women of Swahili -- The Swahili literary tradition -- Writing Swahili in Arabic characters -- Colonialism and standardization of Swahili, 1850s to the 1960s and beyond -- Modern Swahili : moving on -- Swahili in African American life -- Swahili is for the living. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810773903321 |
Mugane John M.
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Swahili in spaces of war : a sociolinguistic odyssey / / Alamin Mazrui, Kimani Njogu |
Autore | Mazrui Alamin <1948-> |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
Disciplina | 496.392 |
Altri autori (Persone) | NjoguKimani |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Languages at War |
Soggetto topico |
Swahili language - Social aspects
Sociolinguistics |
ISBN |
9783031273384
9783031273377 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Swahili and the Maji Maji Resistance against German Rule -- Chapter 3: Swahili and African Military Formation: Between WWI and WWII -- Chapter 4: Swahili and Imperial Britain: Colonial Creation/African Appropriation -- Chapter 5: Swahili and the Conflicts of the Great Lakes Region -- Chapter 6: Swahili and the Cold War -- Chapter 7: Swahili and the War on Terrorism in the Post-Cold War Period -- Chapter 8: Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910720071103321 |
Mazrui Alamin <1948->
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