"Contributors to this volume came together to discuss the problems and promise of African multilingualism at a joint meeting of the Annual Conference on African Linguistics and the Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics in Washington, D.C., in March 2013. As part of that joint conference, a workshop on language and education in Africa was organized by Carolyn Adger of the Center for Applied Linguistics. That workshop became the inspiration for this volume."--Introduction. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
African languages on film : visualizations of pathologized polyglossia / Anjali Pandey. Early reading success in Africa : the language factor / Barbara Trudell and Carolyn Temple Adger -- Multilingualism as a sociolinguistic phenomenon : evidence from Africa / Eyamba G. Bokamba -- Classroom discourse in bilingual and multilingual Kenyan primary schools / Lydiah Kananu Kiramba -- Investigating teacher effects in mother-tongue-based multilingual education programs / Stephen L. Walter -- Ghana's complementary education program / Kingsley Arkorful -- Language contact and language attitudes in two Dagara-speaking border communities in Burkina Faso and Ghana / Richard Beyogle -- Language and education policy in Botswana : the case of Sebirwa / One Tlale Boyer and Elizabeth C. Zsiga -- Ethnic language shift among the Nao people of Ethiopia / Samson Seid -- The role of language and culture for ethnic identity maintenance : the case of the Gujarati community in South Africa / Sheena Shah -- "The palm oil with which words are eaten" : proverbs from Cameroon's endangered indigenous languages / Eyvoi Njwe -- The linguistic "glocal" in Nigeria's urban popular music / Tolulope Odebunmi -- Language use in advertisements as a reflection of speakers' language habits / Leonard Muaka -- The persuasive nature of metaphors in Kenya's political discourse / Leonard Muaka -- African languages on film : visualizations of pathologized polyglossia / Anjali Pandey.
Series:
Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics series
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