Language Use and Social Change (eBook, ePUB)

Problems of Multilingualism with Special Reference to Eastern Africa
Redaktion: Whiteley, Wilfred

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The social implications of multilingualism is a field of study on whcih systematic research began only in the second half of the 20th century in Africa. This book, originally published in 1971, contains papers which concentrate on East Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351597999
• Artikelnr.: 49270881

Autorenporträt

Wilfred Whiteley

Inhaltsangabe

Part A: General and Theoretical Studies 1. National Languages and Languages
of Wider Communication in the Developing Nations 2. Communication Role of
Languages in Multilingual Societies 3. Restricted Codes in
Socio-Linguistics and the Sociology of Education 4. A Social Psychology of
Bilingualism 5. Cognitive Aspects of Bilingual Communication 6. The
Interrelationships and Utility of Alternative Bilingualism Measures Part B:
Empirical Studies Within Africa i) The Implications and Results of
Particular Language Policies 7. Linguistic Complexity in Uganda 8.
Tanzania's National Language Policy and the Rise of Swahili Political
Culture 9. Islam and the English Language in East and West Africa ii)
Education and Language Policies 10. Socio-linguistic Implications of a
Choice of Media of Instruction 11. Socio-linguistic Problems and
Potentialities of Education Through a Foreign Language 12. Contrasting
Patterns of Literacy Acquisition in a Multilingual Nation 13. A Few
Observations On Language Use Among Cameroonese élite families iii) Language
Modernization 14. The Role of Broadcasting in the Adaptation of the Somali
Language to Modern Needs 15. The Elaboration of Basic Wolof 16. Loan-Words
in Luganda 17. Problems of Terminology iv) The Urban Milieu of Language
18. The Madina Project, Ghana 19. Asians in Nairobi: A Preliminary Survey
20. Language Choice in 2 Kampala Housing Estates 21. Multilingualism in an
African Urban Centre: The Lubumbashi Case v) Multingualism and
Multiculturism 22. Cross Cultural meanings and Multilingualism