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African Englishes and multilingualism for the transformative development of postcolonial Africa /

"This open access edited volume brings together a team of African linguists to explore how English and its indigenized varieties, alongside other ex-colonial languages and their indigenized varieties, interact with the holistic transformation of the continent. Contributors explore linguistic ev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ngefac, Aloysius, 1974- (Author, Editor), Zang Zang, Paul (Author, Editor), Brato, Thorsten, 1978- (Author, Editor), Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. (Jakob Robert Eugen), 1980- (Author, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY : Zed Books, 2026.
Series:Transformative development for postcolonial Africa.
Subjects:
English language > Africa.
Sociolinguistics > Africa.
Economic development > Africa > Sociological aspects.
Anglais (Langue) > Afrique.
Sociolinguistique > Afrique.
Développement économique > Afrique > Aspect sociologique.
Economic development > Sociological aspects
English language
Sociolinguistics
Africa
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Summary:"This open access edited volume brings together a team of African linguists to explore how English and its indigenized varieties, alongside other ex-colonial languages and their indigenized varieties, interact with the holistic transformation of the continent. Contributors explore linguistic evolution and developments towards endonormativity; the indiginization of medical terminology in HIV/AIDS consultations; the interactions of Romance languages with local English varieties; and resonances between decolonizing multilingualisms in Singapore and Africa"--
Physical Description:xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781350510074
1350510076
9781350510111
1350510114