Jan Blommaert

Gebundenes Buch

State Ideology and Language in Tanzania

Second and Revised Edition

Beschreibung

A case study on Tanzania highlighting the theoretical and methodological approaches in sociolinguistics. It focuses on the influence of Ujamaa ideology on Swahili's formation, treatment, and implementation. It features updates to the discussions of code-switching and language policies and ideologies.

Autor

Jan Blommaert is Professor of Language, Culture and Globalization at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He also holds appointments at Ghent University (Belgium) and University of the Western Cape (South Africa). Major publications include Discourse: A Critical Introduction (Cambridge University Press 2005), Grassroots Literacy (Routledge 2008), The Sociolinguistics of Globalization (Cambridge University Press 2010), and Ethnography, superdiversity and linguistic landscapes: Chronicles of Complexity (Multilingual Matters 2013).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• 2 New edition
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780748675791
• ISBN-10: 0748675795
• Artikelnr.: 36839259