The Social and Political History of Southern Africa's Languages

The Social and Political History of Southern Africa's Languages
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 9781137015938
ISBN-13 : 1137015934
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Book Synopsis The Social and Political History of Southern Africa's Languages by : Tomasz Kamusella

Download or read book The Social and Political History of Southern Africa's Languages written by Tomasz Kamusella and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 educational policies. In doing so, they present significant original research, ensuring that the work will remain a key reference point for the subject. This ambitious and wide-ranging edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of southern African languages, sociolinguistics, history and politics.


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