Africa: Challenges of Multilingualism: Afrika: Herausforderungen der Mehrsprachigkeit. Les defis du plurilinguisme en Afrique by Claus Altmayer, Ekkehard Wolff (Hardcover, 2013)
The book presents a collection of papers in English, French and German, which touch on a wide variety of cultural, political, and educational ramifications of multilingualism in Africa. Apart from the general introduction, all contributions stem from African scholars representing their inside perspective on matters. The contributions refer to sociolinguistic situations primarily in Benin, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and Togo. They deal with aspects of language contact and language change, language empowerment and protection of linguistic diversity, linguistic landscape and language legitimization, regional integration, HIV/AIDS communication, and language issues in education from primary to tertiary level. A special sub-focus is on the teaching of foreign languages such as German in Africa. The book contains 12 contributions in English, three in French, and two in German.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang
ISBN-13
9783631632314
eBay Product ID (ePID)
205916792
Product Key Features
Book Title
Africa: Challenges of Multilingualism: Afrika: Herausforderungen der Mehrsprachigkeit. Les defis du plurilinguisme en Afrique
Author
Claus Altmayer, Ekkehard Wolff
Format
Hardcover
Language
English, French, German
Topic
Literature, Sociology
Publication Year
2013
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
148mm
Volume
14
Item Weight
430g
Additional Product Features
Topic Area
Regional History, Religious Sociology, Political Science