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Language documentation and endangerment in Africa / edited by James Essegbey, Brent Henderson, Fiona McLaughlin, University of Florida Gainesville.

Van Pelt Library P40.5.E532 A4 2015
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Essegbey, James, 1963- editor.
Henderson, Brent (Linguist), editor.
Mc Laughlin, Fiona, editor.
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Series:
Culture and language use ; v. 17.
Culture and language use (CLU), studies in anthropological linguistics ; volume 17
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Endangered languages--Africa.
Endangered languages.
Endangered languages--Case studies.
Language obsolescence--Africa.
Language obsolescence.
Language obsolescence--Case studies.
Linguistic change--Africa.
Linguistic change.
Linguistic change--Case studies.
Africa.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
vi, 316 pages ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Contents:
1 Introduction p. 1 / James Essegbey; Brent Henderson; Fiona Mc Laughlin
2 Language endangerment and documentation
3 Unintended consequences of methodological and practical responses to language endangerment in Africa p. 1 / Felix K. Ameka
4 Different cultures, different attitudes p. 37 / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
5 Ideologies and typologies of language endangerment in Africa p. 59 / Friederike Lüpke
6 The role of colonial languages in language endangerment in Africa p. 107 / Bruce Connell
7 Can a language endanger itself? p. 131 / Fiona Mc Laughlin
8 "Is this my language?" p. 153 / James Essegbey
9 Development, language revitalization, and culture p. 177 / Peter Rohloff; Brent Henderson
10 Some challenges of language documentation in African multilingual settings p. 195 / Emmanuel Ngué um
11 How to document particular domains or use documentary data to address specific issues
12 Folk definitions in linguistic fieldwork p. 215 / Mark Dingemanse
13 Out of context p. 239 / Brent Henderson
14 Archaeological inspiration and historical inference p. 253 / Ronald P. Schaefer; Francis O. Egbokhare
15 Describing endangered languages p. 277 / Frank Seidel
16 Index p. 313
17 Language index p. 317.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Language documentation and endangerment in Africa
ISBN:
9789027244529
9027244529
OCLC:
910088341
Publisher Number:
99964703532

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