Name: Language and National Identity in Africa von Andrew Simpson (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
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Language and National Identity in Africa Andrew Simpson (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)

This book focuses on language, culture, and national identity in Africa. Leading specialists examine countries in every part of the continent - Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Senegal, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanbia, South Africa, and the nations of the Horn, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Each chapter describes and examines the country's linguistic and political history and the relation of its languages to national, ethnic, and cultural identities, and assesses the relative status of majority and minority languages and the role of language in ethnic conflict. Of the book's authors, fifteen are from Africa and seven from Europe and the USA. Jargon-free, fully referenced, and illustrated with seventeen maps, this book will be of value to a wide range of readers in linguistics, politics, history, sociology, and anthropology. It will interest everyone wishing to understand the dynamic interactions between language and politics in Africa, in the past and now.

Language and National Identity in Africa Bewertungen

... the collection provides a fascinating and valuable new perspective on language policy and planning and emphasizes the constructed yet fluid nature of the language-identity nexus. * Tracy G. Beckett, Linguistlist *

Über Andrew Simpson (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)

Andrew Simpson is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California. He has studied and travelled extensively in Africa, and is particularly interested in the dynamics of post-colonial language development in West Africa. He is the editor of the Language and National Identity in Asia (OUP 2007).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Egypt: From Egyptian to Pan-Arab Nationalism ; 3. Morocco: Language, Nationalism, and Gender ; 4. Sudan: Majorities, Minorities, and Language Interactions ; 5. Senegal: The Emergence of a National Lingua Franca ; 6. Mali: in Defence of Cultural and Linguistic Pluralism ; 7. Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration ; 8. Ghana: Indigenous Languages, English, and an Emergine National Identity ; 9. Ivory Coast: the Supremacy of French ; 10. Nigeria: Ethno-Linguistic Competition in the Giant of Africa ; 11. Cameroon: Official Bilingualism in a Multilingual State ; 12. D.R. Congo: Language and 'Authentic Nationalism' ; 13. Kenya: Language and the Search for a Coherent National Identity ; 14. Tanzania: the Successful Development of Swahili as a National and Official Language ; 15. The Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia ; 16. Zambia: 'One Zambia, One Nation, Many Languages' ; 17. South Africa: the Rocky Road to Nation Building ; References

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GOR010232536

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9780199286751

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0199286752

Titel

Language and National Identity in Africa Andrew Simpson (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)

Autor

Andrew Simpson (University of Southern California, Los Angeles)

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Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

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Broschiert

Verlag

Oxford University Press

Datum

2008-02-07

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384

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