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Tracing language movement in Africa / edited by Ericka A. Albaugh and Kathryn M. de Luna.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Albaugh, Ericka A., Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African languages--History.
- African languages.
- Linguistic change--Africa--History.
- Linguistic change.
- Languages in contact--Africa--History.
- Languages in contact.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (449 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2018
- Summary:
- Many disciplines study language movement and change in Africa, but they rarely interact. Here, 18 scholars from a range of disciplines explore differing conceptions of language movement in Africa through empirical case studies.
- Contents:
- Tracing Language Movement in Africa List of Contributors 1. Toward an Interdisciplinary Perspective on Language Movement and Change Part I: Describing and Classifying Language Movement and Change Part II: Forces of Fixity and Consolidation Part III: Influences on Fragmentation, Transformation, and Recombination Part IV: Traveling Remnants: African Languages in Diaspora
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-065756-1
- 0-19-065757-X
- 0-19-065755-3
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