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Language death : factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa / edited by Matthias Brenzinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contributions to the sociology of language ; 64
- Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 64
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language obsolescence--Africa, East--Congresses.
- Language obsolescence.
- Code switching (Linguistics)--Africa, East--Congresses.
- Code switching (Linguistics).
- Sociolinguistics--Africa, East--Congresses.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (456 pages) : maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "Language Death".
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Preface
- Contents
- Part I
- Social contexts of language death / Brenzinger, Matthias / Dimmendaal, Gerrit J.
- Theory of language death / Sasse, Hans-Jürgen
- Codeswitching as a mechanism of deep borrowing, language shift, and language death / Myers-Scotton, Carol
- Language decay and contact-induced change: Similarities and differences / Sasse, Hans-Jürgen
- Part II
- East African case studies / Brenzinger, Matthias
- The fate of ethnic languages in Tanzania / Batibo, Herman
- Language shift in Tanzania / Legère, Karsten
- Reduction in Kore reconsidered / Dimmendaal, Gerrit J.
- Dahalo: An endangered language / Tosco, Mauro
- Language death and the origin of strata: Two case studies of Swahili dialects / Möhlig, Wilhelm J. G.
- Chifundi and Vumba: Partial shift, no death / Nurse, Derek / Walsh, Martin
- Lexical retention in language shift: Yaaku/Mukogodo-Maasai and Elmolo/Elmolo-Samburu / Brenzinger, Matthias
- Dialect death: The case of Terik / Heine, Bernd
- Language shift among the Suba of Kenya / Rottland, Franz / Okombo, Duncan Okoth
- 175 years of language shift in Gweno / Winter, Christoph
- Part III
- A survey on language death in Africa / Sommer, Gabriele
- Names of scholars
- Subject index
- Index of languages (and variants)
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- "Articles ... based on contributions initially prepared for an international symposium on 'Language death in East Africa,' held at the Werner-Reimers Foundation in Bad Homburg (Germany) from January 8-12, 1990"--Pref.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783110870602
- 3110870606
- OCLC:
- 979753060
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