<div>Globalization and Language Vitality: Vigouroux, Mufwene (Eds)<br><br>Title: Globalization and Language Vitality <br>Subtitle: Perspectives from Africa <br>Published: 2008 <br>Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd<br>
<a href="http://www.continuumbooks.com/">http://www.continuumbooks.com </a><br><br>Book URL: <a href="http://www.continuuumbooks.com/">http://www.continuuumbooks.com </a><br><br>Editor: Cécile B. Vigouroux <br>
Editor: Salikoko S. Mufwene <br><br>Abstract:<br><br>This book discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa. In <br>contrast to previous studies, the contributors examine whether or not <br>globalization is affecting African languages in the same ways and at the <br>
same rate in different countries, and how local experiences of language <br>change vary from place to place. Rather than seeing English as the 'killer <br>language' par excellence, the contributors probe ways in which languages <br>
are being used side by side to complement each other in some contexts while <br>competing against European colonial languages in others. The result is a <br>diverse canvas of language vitality in the African context, including <br>
matters of endangerment and loss, through the lense of globalization in its <br>various interpretations. <br><br>This book is a must read for students and researchers interested in <br>language change and death and in the fate of European languages in the rest <br>
of the world. <br><br><strong>Editors</strong> <br>Cécile B. Vigouroux is Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance <br>Languages at Simon Fraser University, Canada. <br><br>Salikoko S. Mufwene is the Frank J. McLoraine Distinguished Service <br>
Professor of Linguistics as well as Professor on the Committee on <br>Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago, USA. <br><br><strong>Reviews</strong> <br>"If there is an African way of finding appropriate solutions for linguistic <br>
interaction in a situation of increasing cultural, economic, and political <br>globalization then it is to be found in this book. The book presents a <br>range of exciting perspectives on how African societies have dealt and are <br>
dealing with their communication problems." <br>- Professor Bernd Heine, Institute for African Studies, University of <br>Cologne, Germany. <br><br>"A superb collection of essays by well-known regional specialists on a <br>
topic that will affect more and more African speech communities in the near <br>future." <br>- Professor Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, Institute for African Studies, <br>University of Cologne, Germany </div>
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