This volume offers a new perspective on sociolinguistics in Africa. Eschewing the traditional approach which looks at the interaction between European and African languages in the wake of colonialism, this book turns its focus to the social dynamics of African languages and African societies. Divided into two sections, the book offers insight into the crucial topics such as: language vitality and endangerment, the birth of new languages, a sociolinguistics of the city, language contact and language politics. It spans the continent from Algeria to South Africa, Guinea-Bissau to Kenya and addresses the following broad themes:?
Language variation, contact and change
The dynamics of urban, rural and youth languages
Policy and practice
This book provides an alternative to the Eurocentric view of sociolinguistic dynamics in Africa, and will make an ideal read or supplemental textbook for scholars and students in the field/disciplines of African languages and linguistics, and those interested in southern theory or sociolinguistics in the margins.
Introduction: Dynamic language: Sociolinguistic perspectives on African language, ideologies and practices By Augustin Emmanuel Ebongue and Ellen Hurst.- SECTION I ?- IDEOLOGIES.- La r?sistance du plurilinguisme ? Abidjan By B?atrice Akissi Boutin.- ?Linguistic Messianism: Multilingualism in Mozambique By Christopher Stroud and Manuel Guissemo.- Langues ethniques et probl?matique de la v?hicularit?/v?hicularisation au Cameroun By Augustin Emmanuel Ebongue.- Usage des langues chez les locuteurs Ndanda By Guy Merlin Tchagoua.- Pratiques et transmission linguistiques dans les familles ? Tokomb?r?: vers un ?tiolement des langues identitaires ? By Zacharie Hatolong Boho.- ? Without English there is no Future : The case ofl£Z
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