The Transformative Power of Language: From Postcolonial to Knowledge Societies in Africa - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108712770 ISBN 13: 9781108712774

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

A new study of the importance of language for sociocultural change in Africa, from postcolonial to globally competitive knowledge societies.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Russell H. Kaschula is Professor of African Language Studies at Rhodes University. He holds the NRF SARChI Chair in the Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education. His most recent edited volumes include Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication (2017) and New Frontiers in Forensic Linguistics (2019). In 2019 he was selected as the Mellon Global South Senior Fellow at AUC, Cairo.

H. Ekkehard Wolff is Professor and Chair Emeritus of African linguistics, Leipzig University. Recently published works include The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics (2019), A History of African Linguistics (2019), and Language and Development in Africa: Perceptions, Ideologies and Challenges (2016).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1108712770
• ISBN 13: 9781108712774
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 396
• Herausgeber: Kaschula Russell H.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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