Discrimination through Language in Africa? : : Perspectives on the Namibian Experience / / ed. by Martin Pütz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Adegbija, Efurosibina,; Alexander, Neville,; Batibo, Herman M.,; Beck, Anke,; Bokamba, Eyamba G.,; Fourie, Kotie,; Geingob, Hage G.,; Gretschel, Hans-Volker,; Harlech-Jones, Brian,; Matsela, Zach A.,; Ohly, Rajmund,; Ouane, Adama,; Puglielli, Annarita,; Pütz, Martin,; Webb, Victor,
• HerausgeberIn: Pütz, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 69
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; Language and colonialism in Africa - Introduction --; Section 1: Language contact and language conflict in Africa --; The politics of language planning in Africa: Critical choices for the 21st century --; Nation building and language in the new South Africa --; Empowerment of the masses through the use of African languages --; The growth of Kiswahili as language of education and administration in Tanzania --; Section 2: Language expansion and language engineering: Case studies from Africa --; The technicalization of the autochthonous languages of South Africa: Constraints from a present day perspective --; Marketing new lexical terminology in Nigeria: Some practical considerations --; The Somali language lexical project: Aims and methods --; Technicalization of the lexicon through endogenous language resources: A case from Mali --; Section 3: Language, culture and nation building: An illustration with Namibia --; Official monolingualism in Africa: A sociolinguistic assessment of linguistic and cultural pluralism in Namibia --; "Our official language shall be English": The Namibian Prime Minister's perspective --; Language policy and language planning in Namibia --; Language and nation in Namibia: The fallacies of Modernization Theory --; Section 4: The status and use of languages: Linguistic conflict in Namibia --; The role of English in Namibia: A sociocultural and linguistic account --; Attitudes and language: An empirical investigation into the status and use of English in Namibia --; Lexical engineering in African languages: Exemplified through Herero --; The status and use of the German language in independent Namibia: Can German survive the transition? --; Afrikaans - The unwanted lingua franca of Namibia --; List of contributors --; Index of Names --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110906677; 9783110636895
• ISSN: 1861-0676
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110906677
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Martin Pütz.