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Author : E. Nọlue Emenanjọ
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041091492
Author : Efurosibina E. Adegbija
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Multilingualism
ISBN : 1592211739
Adegbija puts a national and international,searchlight on the Nigerian socio-linguistic,scenario through a description and analysis of the,language landscape in its various,ramifications. He provides a readily accessiblestimulating and fairly comprehensive description,of the language situation, including the functions,of languages, language choice, language attitudesthe plight and destiny of minority languages and,the planning, management and engineering of,multilingualism in the Nigerian context.
Author : Gillian Lane-Mercier,Denise Merkle,Jane Koustas
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773555884
In a context where linguistic and cultural diversity is characterized by ever-increasing complexity, adopting official multilingual policies to correct a country's ethno-linguistic, socio-economic, and symbolic imbalances presents many obstacles, but the greatest challenge is implementing them effectively. To what degree and in what ways have official multilingualism and multiculturalism policies actually succeeded in attaining their goals? Questioning and challenging foundational concepts, Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies highlights the extent to which governments and international bodies are unable to manage complex linguistic and cultural diversity on an effective and sustained basis. This volume examines the principles, theory, intentions, and outcomes of official policies of multilingualism at the city, regional, and national levels through a series of international case studies. The eleven chapters – most focusing on lesser-known geopolitical contexts and languages – bring to the fore the many paradoxes that underlie the concept of diversity, lived experiences of and attitudes toward linguistic and cultural diversity, and the official multilingual policies designed to legally enhance, protect, or constrain otherness. An authoritative source of new and updated information, offering fresh interpretations and analyses of evolving sociolinguistic and political phenomena in today's global world, Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies demonstrates how language policies often fail to deal appropriately or adequately with the issues they are designed to solve.
Author : Chris U. Agbedo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Multiculturalism
ISBN : IND:30000123550596
Author : Gillian Lane-Mercier,Denise Merkle,Jane Koustas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780773554948
An examination of the interdisciplinary field of language policy offering a rich collection of new research on diversity and multilingualism.
Author : Ayọ Bamgboṣe
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 3825847756
Language is a critical factor in nation-building, and in a continent such as Africa, where language groups do not necessarily correspond with national boundaries, it is potentially contentious as well. Ayo Bamgbose's new book focuses on the problem of language exclusion, whereby certain languages -- and groups -- are omitted from language policies, particularly in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Originally based on a series of lectures given in South Africa, the individual chapters largely preserve the original style of presentation. Consequently, the book is readable, and a valuable introduction to some of the more important issues in African sociolinguistics. The book makes special reference to the language situation in post-apartheid South Africa. The appendices provide access to some of the most important documents on language policies such as the Organization of African Unity's Language Plan of Action For Africa (1986), the language provisions in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of South Africa (1996), and the Barcelona Universal Declaration on Linguistics Rights.
Author : Elizabeth C. Zsiga,One Tlale Boyer,Ruth Kramer
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781626161535
People in many African communities live within a series of concentric circles when it comes to language. In a small group, a speaker uses an often unwritten and endangered mother tongue that is rarely used in school. A national indigenous language—written, widespread, sometimes used in school—surrounds it. An international language like French or English, a vestige of colonialism, carries prestige, is used in higher education, and promises mobility—and yet it will not be well known by its users. The essays in Languages in Africa explore the layers of African multilingualism as they affect language policy and education. Through case studies ranging across the continent, the contributors consider multilingualism in the classroom as well as in domains ranging from music and film to politics and figurative language. The contributors report on the widespread devaluing and even death of indigenous languages. They also investigate how poor teacher training leads to language-related failures in education. At the same time, they demonstrate that education in a mother tongue can work, linguists can use their expertise to provoke changes in language policies, and linguistic creativity thrives in these multilingual communities.
Author : Herbert Igboanusi,Lothar Peter
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015063199205
Using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, the authors investigate the issue of language conflict situations in Nigeria resulting from the contact of Nigeria's indigenous languages with one another as well as with English and Pidgin English. The study captures patterns of language preference with the help of a survey of language attitudes and loyalties covering five Nigerian states. This book provides essential material for researchers and students in Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics as well as for educationists and language policy specialists.
Author : Ayọ Bamgboṣe
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UCSC:32106010387931
Focusing on the problem of multilingualism in relation to national integration, communication, development and education in Eastern Africa, this study examines the processes of policy formulation. It discusses different types of language policies and practices in the context of the role of national and international agencies of language planning. Although the focus of the book is sub-Saharan Africa, comparisons with other parts of the world are made whenever necessary.
Author : Kayode Omole,Appolonia Uzoaku Okwudishu,Ismail Junaidu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Democratization
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112798025
Author : Adama Ouane
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113406867
This book questions the teaching and learning systems grounded on the principle of monolingualism, and seeks to uphold plurilingualism as a natural state in human society. The book recommends the use of local languages and mother tongues in formal and non-formal education. Using case studies of linguistic policies from 30 African, Asian and Latin American countries, the authors seek to highlight the numerous advantages of this approach, providing a sound basis for future learning as well as preserving the identity of communities, their cultural wealth and diversity.
Author : Richard B. Baldauf,Robert B. Kaplan
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847690111
A longer-range purpose is to collect comparable information on as many polities as possible in order to facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities that undertake the development of a national policy on languages. This volume is part of an areal series which is committed to providing descriptions of language planning and policy in countries around the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri
Publisher : M & J Grand Orbit Communications
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789785412727
This commemorative volume is the 12th edition in the Nigerian Linguists Festschrift Series devoted to Professor (Mrs.) Appolonia Uzoaku Okwudishu. The majority of the papers were presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigerian (CLAN) which was held at the Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria, and the 26th CLAN which was held at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The title derives from the theme of the 27th CLAN: Language Endangerment: Globalisation and the Fate of Minority Languages in Nigeria. A large number of the papers address the major theme of the conference, while the balance address various aspects of Nigerian linguistics, languages, communication, and literature. Fifty-one papers are included, ranging from sociolinguistics through applied linguistics to formal areas of linguistics which include phonology, morphology and syntax of Nigerian languages. Papers on language endangerment and language revitalisation strategies for safeguarding the vanishing indigenous tongues of Nigeria are the major focus, and the book serves as important reference material in various aspects of language and linguistic studies in Nigeria.
Author : Association of Nigerian Languages Teachers. National Conference
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : African languages
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122202976
Author : Herbert Igboanusi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015059994874
This varied collection of essays explores the vast, complex and contentious subject of language in West Africa. The essayists adopt the perspective that languages - indigenous African and European - and the attitudes of their speakers are inseparable from social and historical identities and wider debates about political cultures. A major aspect of the work covers the attitudes of Nigerians of differing linguistic identities and social profiles to foreign languages vis-a-vis indigenous languages. Other contributors examine the conflicts resulting from the situation of a multiplicity of languages - e.g. Igbo as internal conflict, against English as external conflict; language attitude in market transaction; and attitudes towards pidgin. One essay branches out into philosophies of cultural relativism, human communication and intercultural relations, presenting a critique of Anta Diop and Kwasi Wiredu. A final piece considers the utilisation of information for development in Nigeria, and cultural shock.