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Globalization and English in Africa
Author | : Akinmade Timothy Akande |
Publsiher | : Nova Science Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 1620814528 |
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This book focuses on the sociolinguistics of English in relation to globalisation. The pattern of migration and linguistic flows that have become more prominent in this century seem to teach us one major lesson: that we need a sociolinguistics that places less emphasis on territorialisation of English but accounts for the complex situations, patterns of mobility of people and challenges that have come with globalisation. This book addresses the spread of English through hip-hop to other parts of the world and how other varieties of English around the world especially African American Vernacular English and Jamaican English have influenced Nigerian English through this genre of music.
Globalization and Language Vitality
Author | : Cécile B. Vigouroux,Salikoko S. Mufwene |
Publsiher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2008-11-05 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781441170736 |
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This book discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa. In contrast to previous studies, the contributors examine whether or not globalization is affecting African languages in the same ways and at the same rate in different countries, and how local experiences of language change vary from place to place. Rather than seeing English as the 'killer language' par excellence, the contributors probe ways in which languages are being used side by side to complement each other in some contexts while competing against European colonial languages in others. The result is a diverse canvas of language vitality in the African context, including matters of endangerment and loss, through the lense of globalization in its various interpretations. This book is a must read for students and researchers interested in language change and death and in the fate of European languages in the rest of the world.
Language and Power The Implications of Language for Peace and Development
Author | : Birgit Brock-Utne,Gunnar Garbo |
Publsiher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2009-09-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789987081462 |
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Language is a tool used to express thoughts, to hide thoughts or to hide lack of thoughts. It is often a means of domination. The question is who has the power to define the world around us. This book demonstrates how language is being manipulated to form the minds of listeners or readers. Innocent words may be used to conceal a reality which people would have reacted to had the phenomena been described in a straightforward manner. The nice and innocent concept "cost sharing", which leads our thoughts to communal sharing and solidarity, may actually imply privatization. The false belief that the best way to learn a foreign language is to have it as a language of instruction actually becomes a strategy for stupidification of African pupils. In this book 33 independent experts from 16 countries in the North and the South show how language may be used to legitimize war-making, promote Northern interests in the field of development and retain colonial speech as languages of instruction, languages of the courts and in politics. The book has been edited by two Norwegians: Birgit Brock-Utne is a professor at the University of Oslo and a consultant in education and development. From 1987 until 1992 she was a professor at the University of Dar es Salaam. Gunnar Garbo, author and journalist and former member of the Norwegian Parliament, was the Norwegian Ambassador to Tanzania from 1987 to 1992.
Youth Globalization and Society in Africa and Its Diaspora
Author | : Jepkorir-Rose Chepyator-Thomson,Akinloye Ojo,Karim Traore,Katja Sonkeng |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2020-02-11 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781527546851 |
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This edited collection provides a window into Africa’s diversity. A wide-ranging body of authors offers a valuable glimpse into the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization to the youth in Africa and its diaspora, while issuing a stern call for action to local governments to act now and tap into the energy of Africa’s burgeoning youth population. In doing so, the authors expand extant literature on the continent’s coping with globalization in the context of young people in various African nations. Featured in the collection are views on education, language, agriculture, sport and technology, deeply interwoven into the schooling, behavior, and health of youth. Specifically, these practices are found in both formal and non-formal education, agricultural production, and food nutrition, computer technology, and sport’s amelioration of health issues, throughout Africa.
Globalization and the Future of African Languages
Author | : Francis O. Egbokhare,Clement Kolawole |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : UOM:39015073967450 |
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Globalization and the Future of African Languages
Globalisation and African Languages
Author | : Katrin Bromber,Birgit Smieja |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2011-07-20 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9783110891614 |
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Globalisation and African Languages links African language studies to the concept of 'globalisation' which increasingly undergoes critical review. Hence, African linguists of various provenience can make valuable contributions to this debate. In cultural matters, which by definition include language, there is often a sense that globalisation leads to a major trend of homogenisation, which results in a reduction of diversity on the one hand and, on the other, in new themes being incorporated into global (cultural) patterns. However, often conflicting and overlapping particularistic interests exist which have a constructive as well as destructive potential. This aspect leads directly to the first of three sections of this volume, LANGUAGE USE AND ATTITUDES, which addresses some of the burning issues in sociolinguistic research. Since this research area is tightly linked to the educational domain these important issues are addressed in articles that comprise the second section of this volume: LANGUAGE POLICY AND EDUCATION. The third section of the volume presents articles dealing with LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION AND CLASSIFICATION demonstrating which parts of different language systems are affected through contact under historical and modern conditions. The contributions of all the well-known scholars in this volume show that globalisation is a two-way street, and to ensure that all sides benefit in a reciprocal manner means the impacts have to be monitored globally, regionally, nationally and locally. By disseminating and emphasising these linguistic findings as part of the global cultural heritage, African language studies may offer urgently needed new perspectives towards a rapidly changing world.
Africans and Globalization
Author | : Akinloye Ojo,Karim Traore,Oyinlola Longe |
Publsiher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2017-11-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781498534314 |
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This book considers some of the substance and dissatisfaction of globalization on Africa. It illustrates globalization as a complex set of processes that involve shifting influence from local societies and countries in some areas while simultaneously endowing local societies and countries with influence in other areas.
Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa
Author | : Bessie House-Soremekun,Toyin Falola |
Publsiher | : University Rochester Press |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781580463928 |
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The first comprehensive work on globalization within the context of sustainable development initiatives in Africa.