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
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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

Accompanying material:

• A Linguistic Study of Ewe Animal Names among the Ewe of Ghana (ISBN 978-3-89645-474-4)

Cross-reference:

• La dynamique des noms de personnes chez les Ding de la République démocratique du Congo (1885–1960) (ISBN 978-3-89645-896-4)
• Les noms de naissance (ISBN 978-3-89645-605-2)

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