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Provides the first encyclopaedic volume of the languages of southern Africa
Analyses a range of languages from the geographical area of southern Africa and from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives
Examines the effects of government, education and social and political history on the use and practice of these languages
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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School of History, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Tomasz Kamusella
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University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Finex Ndhlovu
About the editors
Finex Ndhlovu is Associate Professor at the University of New England, Australia. His research specialisms include contemporary linguistic and sociocultural theories of language, identity and sociality in relation to African diaspora communities. His most recent major publication is Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).Â
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Social and Political History of Southern Africa's Languages
Editors: Tomasz Kamusella, Finex Ndhlovu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-01593-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-01592-1Published: 29 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01593-8Published: 21 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LIII, 372
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: African Languages, Sociolinguistics, Language Policy and Planning, Language History