Language Attitudes in Sub-Saharan Africa / / Efurosibina Adegbija.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Adegbija, Efurosibina,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [1994]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Series: Multilingual Matters ; 103
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1 The Language Scenario in Sub-Saharan African Countries --; 2 The Sociohistorical Foundations of Language Attitudes in Sub-Saharan Africa --; 3 Language Attitudes Research in Sub-Saharan Africa --; 4 Small Languages, Big Languages: Attitudinal Dimensions of Language Speaker Power and Numbers in Sub-Saharan Africa --; 5 Attitudinal Perspectives of Language Use in Education --; 6 Some Implications of Language Attitudes Research in Sub-Saharan Africa --; Appendix: Questionnaire on Language Attitudes --; Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800418141; 9783111024721
• DOI: 10.21832/9781800418141
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Efurosibina Adegbija.

This book offers an informative sociolinguistic and sociopolitical description and analysis of language attitudes in sub-Saharan Africa. It emphasizes the strong ideological and polemical view that multilingualism in sub-Saharan Africa should seen as a resource and an asset.