Автор: Mufwene Salikoko S. Mufwene

As rich as the development of the Spanish and Portuguese languages has been in Latin America, no single book has attempted to chart their complex history. Gathering essays by sociohistorical …

This book discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa. In contrast to previous studies, the contributors examine whether or not globalization is affecting African languages in the …

Languages are constantly changing. New words are added to the English language every year, either borrowed or coined, and there is often railing against the ‘decline’ of the language by public …

The 16 papers in this volume are revised versions of papers presented at the conference; they represent the state of the art in various subfields of African linguistics into which the book is …