Wilfred Whiteley

Swahili (eBook, ePUB)

The Rise of a National Language

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1969, this book examines the factors which at different historical periods led people to use one language (Swahili) rather than another, or within a given period, to use a particular language in one set of circumstances.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003804857
• Artikelnr.: 69189324

Autorenporträt

Wilfred Whiteley

Inhaltsangabe

1. Language and Literature 2. Early History 3. The Diffusion Up-Country 4. The Colonial Period 5. 'Standard' Swahili 6. After Independence 7. Problems of a National Language.

Rezensionen

Review of original edition of Swahili:

'...the author has made judicious use of primary sources in fashioning what will remain among the best historical studies of an African language.' Anthony Okino Ojigbo, The Journal of Modern African Studies