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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
- 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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