Description
Product ID: | 9780821424957 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | New African Histories |
Title: | A Language for the World |
Subtitle: | The Standardization of Swahili |
Authors: | Author: Morgan J. Robinson |
Page Count: | 286 |
Subjects: | Language: reference and general, Language: reference & general, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural history, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Based on extensive archival research, this intellectual history of Standard Swahili—a dialect of the Swahili language written in the Latin alphabet—argues that attention to the intertwined processes of codification from 1864 to 1964 lends new perspectives on history, colonialism, time, and cultural representation in East Africa and beyond. This intellectual history of Standard Swahili explores the long-term, intertwined processes of standard making and community creation in the historical, political, and cultural contexts of East Africa and beyond. |
Imprint Name: | Ohio University Press |
Publisher Name: | Ohio University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-11-08 |