Routledge Revivals: Language in Tanzania (1980) PDF Download

Author: Edgar C. Polomé
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351391844
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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Originally published in 1980, Language in Tanzania presents a comprehensive overview of the Survey of Language Use and Language Teaching in Eastern Africa. Using extensive research carried out by an interdisciplinary group of international and local scholars, the survey also covers Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. The book represents one of the most in-depth sociolinguistic studies carried out on this region at this time. It provides basic linguistic data necessary to policy-makers, administrators, and educators, and will be of interest to those researching the formulation and execution of language policy.

Author: Wilfred Whiteley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781032618852
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Aloo Osotsi Mojola
Publisher: Langham Publishing
ISBN: 1783688246
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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This is the fascinating and important story of how God’s Word came to East Africa. Beginning with the pioneering efforts of Krapf and Rebmann, Aloo Osotsi Mojola traces the history of Bible translation in the region from 1844 to the present. He incorporates four decades of personal conversations and interviews, along with extensive research, to provide the first comprehensive account of the translations undertaken in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The maps and tables included assist the reader, as does a history of the Swahili language – its standardization, role as lingua franca, and impact on the work of translation. Mojola’s writing is a tribute to those who sacrificed much in their quest to see the word of God accessible to all people, in all places – and the many who continue to sacrifice for the peoples of East Africa. This book is a key contribution to the important and ongoing narrative of how God has met us, and continues to meet us, in our own contexts and our own languages.

Author: Edgar C. Polomé
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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Divided into three parts, the first part introduces the reader into African languages used in Tanzania; the second examines language use in different situations; and the third part is devoted to assessment of the use of Swahili and English at the various educational levels.

Author: Wilfred Whiteley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032618838
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Originally published in 1969, this book examines the factors which at different historical periods led people to use one language (Swahili) rather than another, or within a given period, to use a particular language in one set of circumstances. The national language of Tanzania and much of East Africa, Swahili is unique among African languages in its verse literature, which dates back to the 18th Century and was written in the Arabic script. This book traces the remarkable expansion of Swahili, which was linked with the expansion of trace, missionary activities and the establishment of Colonial administrations and the development of education.

Author: Casmir M. Rubagumya
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: David Dalby
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138988354
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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First published in 1971. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: A. Werner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781138602007
Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Published in 1925, this introduction provides an accessible account of language families in Africa. Covering the five families of African languages: the Sudan family, the Bantu family, the Hamitic family, the Bushman family and the Semitic family, it provides a detailed study of the languages, phonetics and linguistic content. The book will be of use to anyone interested in the history and development of human speech.

Author: Jan Blommaert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780748668267
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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Tanzania is often seen as an exceptional case of successful language planning in Africa, with Swahili being spread to all corners of the country. Yet, this objective success has always been accompanied by a culture of complaints proclaiming its utter failure. State Ideology and Language in Tanzania sets out to explore this paradox through a richly documented historical, sociolinguistic and anthropological approach covering the story of Swahili from the early days of independence until today. Focusing on the ways in which Swahili was swept up in the 'Ujamaa revolution' - the transition to soc.

Author: Zaline M. Roy-Campbell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780865437654
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Entering the controversial debate on educational language choice in Africa, this book examines the link between the language of instruction in former colonies and the form of knowledge produced in schools, considering issues such as who decides what language is used, the criteria for this decision and the implications of this decision for knowledge production and reproduction. Considering the contradictions between radical conceptions of change and their practical implementation, Roy-Campbell bases her study on evidence from the multilingual country of Tanzania.