The Cambridge handbook of African linguistics
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Wolff Ekkehard ;
- Editeurs : Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Port Melbourne, VIC [etc.] Cambridge University Press ;
- Date d'édition : Copyright 2019
- ISBN : 978-1-108-41798-3
- Sujets : Langues africaines, Linguistique, Ethnolinguistique
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxxi-803 p.), : Ill., cartes, 26 cm
- Pays de publication : ZZ
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Cambrigde handbooks in language and linguistics
Notes
Bibliogr. p. [645]-781. Index
Résumé
'The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics: An in-depth and comprehensive state-of-the-art study of 'African languages' and 'language in Africa' since its beginnings as a 'colonial science' at the turn of the 20th century in Europe. Compiled by 56 internationally renowned scholars, this ground-breaking study looks at past and current research on 'African languages' and 'language in Africa' under the impact of paradigmatic changes from 'colonial' to 'postcolonial' perspectives. It addresses current trends in the study of the role and functions of language, African and other, in pre- and postcolonial African societies. Highlighting the central role that the 'language factor' plays in postcolonial transformation processes of sociocultural modernization and economic development, it also addresses more recent, particularly urban, patterns of communication, and outlines applied dimensions of digitalization and human language technology.'