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Globalisation and African Languages - Risks and Benefits (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
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Globalisation and African Languages - Risks and Benefits (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
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Globalisation and African Languages links African language studies
to the concept of 'globalisation' which increasingly undergoes
critical review. Hence, African linguists of various provenience
can make valuable contributions to this debate. In cultural
matters, which by definition include language, there is often a
sense that globalisation leads to a major trend of homogenisation,
which results in a reduction of diversity on the one hand and, on
the other, in new themes being incorporated into global (cultural)
patterns. However, often conflicting and overlapping
particularistic interests exist which have a constructive as well
as destructive potential. This aspect leads directly to the first
of three sections of this volume, LANGUAGE USE AND ATTITUDES, which
addresses some of the burning issues in sociolinguistic research.
Since this research area is tightly linked to the educational
domain these important issues are addressed in articles that
comprise the second section of this volume: LANGUAGE POLICY AND
EDUCATION. The third section of the volume presents articles
dealing with LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION AND CLASSIFICATION demonstrating
which parts of different language systems are affected through
contact under historical and modern conditions. The contributions
of all the well-known scholars in this volume show that
globalisation is a two-way street, and to ensure that all sides
benefit in a reciprocal manner means the impacts have to be
monitored globally, regionally, nationally and locally. By
disseminating and emphasising these linguistic findings as part of
the global cultural heritage, African language studies may offer
urgently needed new perspectives towards a rapidly changing world.
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