Sociolinguistics in African Contexts Perspectives and Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ebongue, Augustin Emmanuel (Editor), Hurst, Ellen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Multilingual Education, 20
• Subjects: Education.; African languages.; Sociolinguistics.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Language and education.; Language Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; African Languages.

This volume offers a new perspective on sociolinguistics in Africa. Eschewing the traditional approach which looks at the interaction between European and African languages in the wake of colonialism, this book turns its focus to the social dynamics of African languages and African societies. Divide...