The Social and Political History of Southern Africa's Languages

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kamusella, Tomasz (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ndhlovu, Finex (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: African languages.; Sociolinguistics.; Language policy.; Historical linguistics.; African Languages.; Language Policy and Planning.; Language History.

This book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary and comprehensive reference work on the often-marginalised languages of southern Africa. The authors analyse a range of different concepts and questions, including language and sociality, social and political history, multilingual government, and...