Languages in Africa : multilingualism, language policy, and education /
Languages in Africa : multilingualism, language policy, and education /
edited by Elizabeth C. Zsiga, One Tlale Boyer, and Ruth Kramer.
- Washington, DC,: Georgetown University press, 2014
- xii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics series .
- Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics series (2004) .
"Contributors to this volume came together to discuss the problems and promise of African multilingualism at a joint meeting of the Annual Conference on African Linguistics and the Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics in Washington, D.C., in March 2013. As part of that joint conference, a workshop on language and education in Africa was organized by Carolyn Adger of the Center for Applied Linguistics. That workshop became the inspiration for this volume."--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.
Layers of language : some bad news and some good news on multilingualism, language policy, and education in Africa / Early reading success in Africa : the language factor / Classroom discourse in bilingual and multilingual Kenyan primary schools / Investigating teacher effects in mother-tongue-based multilingual education programs / A complementary education program in Ghana / Request strategies as used by Tunisian EFL learners / Language contact and language attitudes in two Dagara-speaking border communities in Burkina Faso and Ghana / Language and education policy in Botswana : the case of Sebirwa / Ethnic language shift in Nao / The role of language and culture for ethnic identity maintenance : the case of the Gujarati community in South Africa / "The palm oil with which words are eaten" : proverbs from endangered Cameroonian indigenous languages / The linguistic "glocal" in urban popular music in Nigeria / Language use in advertisements as a reflection of speakers' language habits / The persuasive nature of metaphors in Kenya's political discourse / African languages in the media : visualizations of pathologized polyglossia / Elizabeth C. Zsiga, One Tlale Boyer, and Ruth Kramer -- Barbara Trudell and Carolyn Temple Adger -- Lydiah Kananu Kiramba -- Stephen L. Walter -- Kingsley Arkorful -- Imen Aribi -- Richard Beyogle -- One Tlale Boyer and Elizabeth C. Zsiga -- Samson Seid -- Sheena Shah -- Eyvoi Njwe -- Tolulope Odebunmi -- Leonard Muaka -- Leonard Muaka -- Anjali Pandey.
9781626161528 (softcover : alk. paper) 9781626161535 (ebook)
2014014514
Multilingualism--Africa.--Congresses.
Native language and education--Africa--Congresses.
Language policy--Africa--Congresses.
African languages--Social aspects--Congresses.
P115.5.A35 / G46 2014
"Contributors to this volume came together to discuss the problems and promise of African multilingualism at a joint meeting of the Annual Conference on African Linguistics and the Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics in Washington, D.C., in March 2013. As part of that joint conference, a workshop on language and education in Africa was organized by Carolyn Adger of the Center for Applied Linguistics. That workshop became the inspiration for this volume."--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.
Layers of language : some bad news and some good news on multilingualism, language policy, and education in Africa / Early reading success in Africa : the language factor / Classroom discourse in bilingual and multilingual Kenyan primary schools / Investigating teacher effects in mother-tongue-based multilingual education programs / A complementary education program in Ghana / Request strategies as used by Tunisian EFL learners / Language contact and language attitudes in two Dagara-speaking border communities in Burkina Faso and Ghana / Language and education policy in Botswana : the case of Sebirwa / Ethnic language shift in Nao / The role of language and culture for ethnic identity maintenance : the case of the Gujarati community in South Africa / "The palm oil with which words are eaten" : proverbs from endangered Cameroonian indigenous languages / The linguistic "glocal" in urban popular music in Nigeria / Language use in advertisements as a reflection of speakers' language habits / The persuasive nature of metaphors in Kenya's political discourse / African languages in the media : visualizations of pathologized polyglossia / Elizabeth C. Zsiga, One Tlale Boyer, and Ruth Kramer -- Barbara Trudell and Carolyn Temple Adger -- Lydiah Kananu Kiramba -- Stephen L. Walter -- Kingsley Arkorful -- Imen Aribi -- Richard Beyogle -- One Tlale Boyer and Elizabeth C. Zsiga -- Samson Seid -- Sheena Shah -- Eyvoi Njwe -- Tolulope Odebunmi -- Leonard Muaka -- Leonard Muaka -- Anjali Pandey.
9781626161528 (softcover : alk. paper) 9781626161535 (ebook)
2014014514
Multilingualism--Africa.--Congresses.
Native language and education--Africa--Congresses.
Language policy--Africa--Congresses.
African languages--Social aspects--Congresses.
P115.5.A35 / G46 2014