Author: Sinfree Makoni, Nkonko Kamwangamalu (eds.)
ISBN No: 1-919799-37-0
Cost: 184.68
This book is an excellent collection of articles addressing issues about language in two main areas: education and politics. It makes an important connection, often missing in most studies, between language planning and democratic practices. It also examines the manner in which national identities are partially articulated through the emergence of varieties of English. Rarely has research into varieties of English explicitly addressed their contribution to the construction of national identities. Another innovative feature of the book is the way it shifts debates from a narrow focus on the linguistic properties of language towards bigger issues such as the moral and intellectual responsibilities of linguists - an issue which is extremely important in post-colonial Africa.
ISBN No: 1-919799-37-0
Cost: 184.68
This book is an excellent collection of articles addressing issues about language in two main areas: education and politics. It makes an important connection, often missing in most studies, between language planning and democratic practices. It also examines the manner in which national identities are partially articulated through the emergence of varieties of English. Rarely has research into varieties of English explicitly addressed their contribution to the construction of national identities. Another innovative feature of the book is the way it shifts debates from a narrow focus on the linguistic properties of language towards bigger issues such as the moral and intellectual responsibilities of linguists - an issue which is extremely important in post-colonial Africa.
