TY - BOOK AU - Zsiga,Elizabeth C. AU - Boyer,One Tlale AU - Kramer,Ruth AU - Trudell,Barbara AU - Adger,Carolyn T. AU - Kiramba,Lydiah K. AU - Walter,Stephen L. AU - Arkorful,Kingsley AU - Beyogle,Richard AU - Seid,Samson TI - Languages in Africa: Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education T2 - Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics Series SN - 9781626161535 AV - P115.5.A35G46 2014 U1 - 306.44/6096 PY - 2015/// CY - Washington PB - Georgetown University Press KW - Multilingualism--Africa.--Congresses KW - Native language and education--Africa--Congresses KW - Language policy--Africa--Congresses KW - African languages--Social aspects--Congresses KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction: Layers of Language-Some Bad News and Some Good News on Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education in Africa -- 1 Early Reading Success in Africa: The Language Factor -- 2 Multilingualism as a Sociolinguistic Phenomenon: Evidence from Africa -- 3 Classroom Discourse in Bilingual and Multilingual Kenyan Primary Schools -- 4 Investigating Teacher Effects in Mother-Tongue-Based Multilingual Education Programs -- 5 Ghana's Complementary Education Program -- 6 Language Contact and Language Attitudes in Two Dagara-Speaking Border Communities in Burkina Faso and Ghana -- 7 Language and Education Policy in Botswana: The Case of Sebirwa -- 8 Ethnic Language Shift among the Nao People of Ethiopia -- 9 The Role of Language and Culture in Ethnic Identity Maintenance: The Case of the Gujarati Community in South Africa -- 10 "The Palm Oil with Which Words Are Eaten": Proverbs from Cameroon's Endangered Indigenous Languages -- 11 The Linguistic "Glocal" in Nigeria's Urban Popular Music -- 12 Language Use in Advertisements as a Reflection of Speakers' Language Habits -- 13 The Persuasive Nature of Metaphors in Kenya's Political Discourse -- 14 African Languages on Film: Visualizations of Pathologized Polyglossia -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1977097 ER -