INHALT: Rose Marie Beck: Introduction . Thomas Bearth: Language and sustainability Vic Webb: Development in Africa – the role of language planning Joseph Baya: Development in the Tura region in a time of crisis – a report on local language based action research Lydie Vé Kouadio: The anger of women versus the silence of men – an analysis of the discourse of the women of W. concerning the management of their huller Nadine Sieveking: “Communication is the key” – Promoting gender equality in Senegal Bernadette Boecker: Communicative crisis management in a village association – the role of turn-taking Clarissa Eck: Die Struktur wirtschaftlichen Handelns – Organisationsprinzipien der Gesprächseröffnung und Gesprächsbeendigung in kenianischen Produktionsgesprächen