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Globalization and language vitality: perspectives from Africa

/ edited by Cécile B. Vigouroux, Salikoko S. Mufwene

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  • Vigouroux, Cécile B., linguiste (1968-...), Directeur de publication Idref
  • Mufwene, Salikoko S. 19..-...., Directeur de publication Idref
    • Language: anglaisCountries: ROYAUME-UNI, ETATS-UNISPublication: London; New York, N.Y.: Continuum, cop. 2008Description: 1 vol. (X-291 p.); ill., cartes; 24 cmppn: 133833569 SUDOCISBN: 978-0-8264-9514-3 ; 978-0-8264-9515-0Bibliography: Notes bibliogr. IndexSubject - Topical Name: Langues africaines | Langage et culture Afrique | Langues menacées Afrique | Langues en contact Afrique | Géographie linguistique | Mondialisation -- Aspect social Afrique | Sociolinguistique Afrique | African languages | Language and culture -- Africa | Languages in contact -- Africa | Linguistic geography | Globalization -- Social aspects -- Africa | Langues, Afrique Subject - Geographical Name: Africa -- Languages List(s) this item appears in: Afriques cosmopolites | Cinéma du réel 2026 - sélection autour des films projetés
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    Notes bibliogr. Index

    P. 1 Colonization, globalization, and language vitality in Africa : an introduction / Salikoko S. Mufwene and Cécile B. Vigouroux P. 32 Trajectories of language endangerment in South Africa / Rajend Mesthrie P. 51 The circumstances of language shift and death in South Africa / Herman M. Batibo P. 70 African modernity, transnationalism, and language vitality : Portuguese in multilingual Mozambique / Christopher Stroud P. 97 The lives of local and regional Congolese languages in globalized linguistic markets / Eyamba G. Bokamba .P 126 Globalization and sociolinguistic stratification in North Africa : the case of Morocco / Ahmed Boukous .P 142 The ascent of Wolof as an urban vernacular and national lingua franca in Senegal / Fiona McLaughlin .P 171 On the futurology of linguistic development / Robert Chaudenson P. 191 Globalization and the sociolinguistics of the Internet : between English and Kiswahili / Alamin Mazrui P.210 Writing locally in globalized Swahili : semiotizing space in a Tanzanian novel / Jan Blommaert P. 229 From Africa to Africa : globalization, migration, and language vitality / Cécile B. Vigouroux P. 255 Creating the conditions for a counter-hegemonic strategy : African languages in the twenty-first century / Neville Alexander

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