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African voices : an introduction to the languages and linguistics of Africa / edited by Vic Webb and Kembo-Sure.

Title
African voices : an introduction to the languages and linguistics of Africa / edited by Vic Webb and Kembo-Sure.
Publication
Cape Town ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Webb, Victor N.
  • Kembo-Sure
Description
xiv, 334 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
This book focuses on the languages and linguistics of Africa. Covering the major themes that are dealt with in university courses, and making extensive use of linguistic symbols and diagrams, this is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate linguistics students in South Africa and Africa as a whole, as well as for students of African studies worldwide. Its topics include general descriptions of African languages, the nature of languages in contact and in competition, language in education, and the need for governmental intervention in linguistic issues.--Publisher's description.
Subject
  • Language and history > Africa
  • African languages > Political aspects > Africa
  • Language and education > Africa
  • Language and culture > Africa
  • African languages > Social aspects > Africa
  • Linguistics > Africa
Genre/Form
Einführung.
Note
  • "Published in South Africa by Oxford University Press Southern Africa, Cape Town"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Language as a problem in Africa / Vic Webb and Kembo-Sure -- The languages of Africa / Vic Webb and Kembo-Sure -- Linguistics : an overview / Kembo-Sure and Vic Webb -- Languages in contact / Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu -- Languages in competitition / Kembo-Sure and Vic Webb -- The sounds of Africa : their phonetic characteristics / Herman Batibo -- System in the sounds of Africa / Herman Batibo -- Building techniques in African languages / D. Okoth Okombo.
  • The lexicons of Africa / Danie Prinsloo, Albina R. Chuwa, and Elsabé Taljard -- Discourse : language in context / Hilton Hubbard -- Cross-cultural communication in Africa / Oswald K. Ndoleriire -- Language in education and language learning in Africa / Jane Kembo.
ISBN
0195716817 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 42366091
  • SCSB-12241138
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library