Globalization and language vitality : perspectives from black Africa /: perspectives from black Africa. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Cécile B. Vigouroux and Salikoko S. Mufwene.
• Other Names: Vigouroux, Cécile B; Mufwene, Salikoko S
• Contents: Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Colonization, Globalization and Language Vitality in Africa: An Introduction; 2. Trajectories of Language Endangerment in South Africa; 3. The Circumstances of Language Shift and Death in Southern Africa; 4. African Modernity, Transnationalism and Language Vitality: Portuguese in Multilingual Mozambique; 5. The Lives of Local and Regional Congolese Languages in Globalized Linguistic Markets; 6. Globalization and Sociolinguistic Stratification in North Africa: The Case of Morocco.
• Publisher Details: London : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 291 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 496.09; African languages; Language and culture -- Africa; Languages in contact -- Africa; Linguistic geography; Globalization -- Social aspects -- Africa; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Languages; African languages; Globalization -- Social aspects; Language and culture; Language and languages; Languages in contact; Linguistic geography; Africa -- Languages; Africa; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441170736; 1441170731
• Related ISBNs: 9780826495143; 0826495141; 082649515X; 9780826495150
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.