Secret manipulations : language and context in Africa /

This book addresses a specific form of language change: deliberate manipulations of a language by its speakers. These manipulations are based and depend on cultural and social contexts; they are often considered to be secret and are at the same time expressions of difference and power.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Storch, Anne
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Linguistic change > Africa. Africa > Languages. Changement linguistique > Afrique. Afrique > Langues. Linguistics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES. Language and languages Linguistic change Africa Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book