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This book focuses on the languages and linguistics of Africa. Covering the major themes that are dealt with in university courses, and making extensive use of linguistic symbols and diagrams, this is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate linguistics students in South Africa andAfrica as a whole, as well as for students of African studies worldwide. Its topics include general descriptions of African languages, the nature of languages in contact and in competition, language in education, and the need for governmental intervention in linguistic issues.
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African Voices, Kembo-Sure, Victor L. Webb
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- African Voices
- Subtitle
- An Introduction to the Languages and Linguistics of Africa
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kembo-Sure, Victor L. Webb
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 334
- ISBN10
- 0195716817
- ISBN13
- 9780195716818
- Series
- Tags
- Linguistics, Africa
- Description
- This book focuses on the languages and linguistics of Africa. Covering the major themes that are dealt with in university courses, and making extensive use of linguistic symbols and diagrams, this is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate linguistics students in South Africa andAfrica as a whole, as well as for students of African studies worldwide. Its topics include general descriptions of African languages, the nature of languages in contact and in competition, language in education, and the need for governmental intervention in linguistic issues.