Language Use in Rural Development : An African Perspective.

Intro -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Languages and rural development -- 1.1 Development and language in Africa -- 1.2 Bringing language and rural development together -- 1.3 The multilingual environment -- 1.4 Planning language use -- 1.4.1 Language policies -- 1.4.2 The languages-development debate -- 1.4.3 Languages and political development -- 1.4.4 Language rights -- 1.4.5 Languages and economic development -- 1.5 Languages and rural development intervention -- 1.5.1 Conceptual perspectives -- 1.5.2 Interaction in local communities -- 1.5.3 Adult education and literacy -- 1.5.4 Concluding comment -- 1.6 Parameters of rural development -- 1.6.1 Defining rural development -- 1.6.2 Communication in rural development -- 1.6.3 The place of the local language -- Chapter 2. Linking languages and development: Approaches and methods -- 2.1 Methodology selection -- 2.1.1 An initial hypothesis -- 2.1.2 An experimental approach? -- 2.2 An ethnographic approach -- 2.2.1 Analytical concepts -- 2.2.2 Comparability and generalisability -- 2.3 The role of statistical analysis -- 2.4 Instrument design and data collection -- 2.4.1 Observation -- 2.4.2 Interviews -- 2.4.3 Questionnaires -- 2.4.4 Language attitude statements -- 2.4.5 Development attitude survey -- 2.4.6 Ethnosemantics -- 2.4.7 Local secondary data -- 2.4.8 Summary tables -- 2.5 Relationships between data in the analysis -- Chapter 3. The context -- 3.1 Rural development -- 3.1.1 Cameroon - national level -- 3.1.2 Ombessa - local level -- 3.2 Languages -- 3.2.1 Language policy and practice in Cameroon -- 3.2.2 Relationships between languages in Cameroon -- 3.2.3 Languages in the Ombessa area -- Chapter 4. Languages and development in the community -- 4.1 Concepts of development -- 4.1.1 Official development strategies -- 4.1.2 Local concepts and attitudes.

4.1.3 Ethnosemantics - the term "development" in Nugunu -- 4.2 Use of languages in the community -- 4.2.1 Observed language use -- 4.2.2 Self-reported use -- 4.2.3 Language attitudes -- 4.3 Concluding summary -- Chapter 5. The use of languages in development intervention -- 5.1 Official development intervention -- 5.1.1 Language use mismatch -- 5.2 Individual development interaction -- 5.2.1 Development interaction indices -- 5.2.2 Language use index -- 5.3 Development meetings -- 5.3.1 Development meetings: proceedings -- 5.3.2 Development meetings: critical analysis -- 5.4 Two cameos of language use -- 5.4.1 A health education session -- 5.4.2 An example of individual language use -- 5.5 Concluding comment -- Chapter 6. Languages in rural development: Issues and implications -- 6.1. Two key issues -- 6.1.1 Identity -- 6.1.2 Power -- 6.1.3 And the local language...? -- 6.2 Laying a basis for language choice -- 6.3 Matters arising -- 6.3.1 Sociolinguistic issues -- 6.3.2 Development issues -- 6.4 Languages, communication and development -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Villager Questionnaire -- Appendix 2: Questionnaire to Development Agencies -- Appendix 3: Questionnaire to Development Agents -- Appendix 4: Language Attitude Statements -- Appendix 5: Chaudenson's status and usage categories -- Appendix 6: Development of Nugunu -- Appendix 7: Matched Guise Technique (MGT) Texts -- Appendix 8: Nugunu ethnosemantic data -- References -- Index.

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