Language Pluralism in Botswana - Hope or Hurdle?: A Sociolinguistic Survey on Language Use and Language Attitudes in Botswana with Special Reference t

ISBN-13: 9783631503775 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 407 str.

Dirven, René

Opis

A sociolinguistic survey on language use and language attitudes in Botswana with special reference .

Spis treści

Contents : Brief historical profile and sociolinguistic account - Bi- and multilingualism - Diglossia - Language shift and language maintenance - Code switching - Language status - Language stereotypes.

O autorze

The Author: Birgit Smieja, born in 1962, studied English, French and Spanish Linguistics at the University of Duisburg. After having worked on Tanzanian languages for her M.A. thesis, she went to Botswana where, since 1996, she has conducted sociolinguistic field research, always attached to the University of Botswana. In 1998 and 1999 a field research grant by the DAAD enabled her to finalize her data collection in Botswana and prepare her Ph.D. in Linguistics.