Discrimination through Language in Africa?: Perspectives on the Namibian Experience

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Discrimination through Language in Africa?

Perspectives on the Namibian Experience

Edited by: Martin Pütz

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1995

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Volume 69 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines General Linguistics
Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Cognitive Linguistics
Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Sociolinguistics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Language and colonialism in Africa - Introduction Martin Pütz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Section 1: Language contact and language conflict in Africa
The politics of language planning in Africa: Critical choices for the 21st century Eyamba G. Bokamba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
Nation building and language in the new South Africa Neville Alexander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	29
Empowerment of the masses through the use of African languages Zach A. Matsela Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
The growth of Kiswahili as language of education and administration in Tanzania Herman M. Batibo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
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 Victor Webb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
Marketing new lexical terminology in Nigeria: Some practical considerations Efurosibina Adegbija Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
The Somali language lexical project: Aims and methods Annarita Puglielli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
Technicalization of the lexicon through endogenous language resources: A case from Mali Adama Ouane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
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 Martin Pütz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
"Our official language shall be English": The Namibian Prime Minister's perspective Hage G. Geingob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	175
Language policy and language planning in Namibia Brian Harlech-Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
Language and nation in Namibia: The fallacies of Modernization Theory Anke Beck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
Section 4: The status and use of languages: Linguistic conflict in Namibia
The role of English in Namibia: A sociocultural and linguistic account Brian Harlech-Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
Attitudes and language: An empirical investigation into the status and use of English in Namibia Martin Pütz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
Lexical engineering in African languages: Exemplified through Herero Rajmund Ohly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
The status and use of the German language in independent Namibia: Can German survive the transition? Hans-Volker Gretschel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	299
Afrikaans - The unwanted lingua franca of Namibia Kotie Fourie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	315
List of contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	327
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	333

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January 6, 2014

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9783110906677

Hardcover published on:

October 9, 1995

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110148176

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Front matter:

9

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338

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1

Tables:

14

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110906677

eBook ISBN: 9783110906677

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110148176

Keywords for this book

Namibia; Soziolinguistik; Aufsatzsammlung; Sprachpolitik

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