Globalisation and African Languages: Risks and Benefits

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2004

Globalisation and African Languages

Risks and Benefits

Edited by: Katrin Bromber and Birgit Smieja

Volume 156 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110891614

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About this book

Globalisation and African Languages links African language studies to the concept of 'globalisation' which increasingly undergoes critical review. Hence, African linguists of various provenience can make valuable contributions to this debate.

In cultural matters, which by definition include language, there is often a sense that globalisation leads to a major trend of homogenisation, which results in a reduction of diversity on the one hand and, on the other, in new themes being incorporated into global (cultural) patterns. However, often conflicting and overlapping particularistic interests exist which have a constructive as well as destructive potential.

This aspect leads directly to the first of three sections of this volume, LANGUAGE USE AND ATTITUDES, which addresses some of the burning issues in sociolinguistic research. Since this research area is tightly linked to the educational domain these important issues are addressed in articles that comprise the second section of this volume: LANGUAGE POLICY AND EDUCATION. The third section of the volume presents articles dealing with LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION AND CLASSIFICATION demonstrating which parts of different language systems are affected through contact under historical and modern conditions.

The contributions of all the well-known scholars in this volume show that globalisation is a two-way street, and to ensure that all sides benefit in a reciprocal manner means the impacts have to be monitored globally, regionally, nationally and locally. By disseminating and emphasising these linguistic findings as part of the global cultural heritage, African language studies may offer urgently needed new perspectives towards a rapidly changing world.

Author / Editor information

Katrin Bromber researches at the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin, Germany.

Birgit Smieja is Assistant Professor at the University Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

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I-VIII Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Foreword Peter Katjavivi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Table of contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Tabula gratulatoria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XVII
Karsten Legère - African language studies on the move: A short biography Birgit Smieja and Katrin Bromber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XXI
Karsten Legère: A bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XXIX
Introduction Katrin Bromber and Birgit Smieja Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section I: Language use and attitudes
Der übergeordnete ideologische Rahmen der Sprachkonflikte weltweit René Dirven and Martin Pütz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Indianer und andere Minderheiten - Überlegungen zu einer sprachplanerischen Minoritologie Peter Hans Nelde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Setswana: An under-exploited national resource? Herman M. Batibo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Can a 'foreign' language be a national medium of education? Linguistic ecology and equality in Namibia Martin Pütz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Revisiting reversing language shift: African languages in high modernity Christopher Stroud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Triglossia: African privilege or necessity? Rajmund Ohly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Section II: Language policy and education
Using Northern Sotho as medium of instruction in vocational training Vic Webb, Biki Lepota and Refilwe Ramagoshi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Developing a language policy in an African country: The case of Malawi Al Mtenje Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Writing and reading in English and L1: Attitudes among pupils in Lira and Mpigi, Uganda Mechthild Reh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Section III: Language description and classification
The impact of Kiswahili on Kiluguru Daniel J. Mkude Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Loan words in Swahili Arvi Hurskainen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
The noun phrase in the Kerebe language Christina Thornell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
The infinitive as a part of speech in Swahili Nelli V. Gromova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
On vowel systems in the Southern Bole-Tangale languages Rudolf Leger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
!Xun as a type Β language Bernd Heine and Christa König Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
How many languages are there in Africa, really? Jouni Filip Maho Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Languages and language names in Mozambique, 150 years ago and now Tore Janson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Observations on Swahili and Midzichenda plant names Franz Rottland and Ralf Grosserhode Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Edition: Reprint 2011
Pages
- Front matter: 40
- Main content: 326
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
- Tables: 53
- Other: 1 frontispiece
Keywords: Afrikanische Sprachen; Globalisierung; Afrikanistik; Legère, Karsten

eBook

Published: July 20, 2011
ISBN: 9783110891614

Hardcover

Published: February 23, 2004
ISBN: 9783110180992