African Sociolinguistic and Sociocultural Studies

Edited by: Rainer Voßen. With contributions by: Joseph C.A. Agbakoba, Vincent Erskine Aziaku, Carl Ebobissé, Henrike Firsching, Eva Rothmaler, Julia Maximiliane Schwarz, Naïma Tahiri.

Series: FAB Frankfurt African Studies Bulletin Year 2009, Volume 21

2014
131 pp.
2 maps, 7 diagrams, 2 graphs, numerous tables and charts
Text language(s): English, German
Format: 160 x 240 mm
310 g
Paperback
€ 39.80

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CONTENTS

Editor’s Note

Joseph C.A. Agbakoba: The impact of the belief in the paranormal and the occult on economic and political development in West Africa

Vincent E. Aziaku: Sociolinguistic perspectives of animal names among the Ewe of Ghana

Carl Ebobissé: Language and power in sub-Saharan Africa – a case study of Cameroon

Henrike Firsching: Examples of metaphor translation in Hausa and Swahili bibles

Eva Rothmaler: Kanuri cuisine – was macht sie besonders?

Julia Maximiliane Schwarz: Zur Problematik von Sprachattitüden und nationaler Sprachpolitik am Beispiel Ugandas

Naima Tahiri: Von der Interferenz zum Sprachwandel – eine Diasporavarietät des Tarifit im Werden

Under these links you will find publications by the contributors and studies of sociolinguistics, dialogue analyses and speech strategies:

Accompanying material:

• A Linguistic Study of Ewe Animal Names among the Ewe of Ghana (ISBN 978-3-89645-474-4)
• Bridging the Language Gap (ISBN 978-3-89645-890-2)
• Development and Modernity in Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-633-5)
• Language and Development (ISBN 978-3-89645-720-2)
• Language Change under Multilingual Conditions (ISBN 978-3-89645-724-0)
• Perception of the Invisible (ISBN 978-3-89645-603-8)
• Speech Acts and Speech Events in African Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-893-3)
• The Role of Wolof in Multilingual Conversations in the Casamance (ISBN 978-3-89645-087-6)
• Topics in West African Discourse-Pragmatics (ISBN 978-3-89645-856-8)
• Tsotsitaal in South Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-086-9)

Cross-reference:

• Berber in Contact / Le berbère en contact (ISBN 978-3-89645-922-0)
• Gesprächsstrategien im Swahili (ISBN 978-3-927620-41-4)
• Hexenjagd und Aufklärung in Ghana (ISBN 978-3-89645-909-1)
• Les noms de naissance (ISBN 978-3-89645-605-2)
• Linguistic Landshapes (ISBN 978-3-89645-085-2)
• The Amazigh Language at Home and at School (ISBN 978-3-89645-921-3)

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