Secret manipulations
Subtitle: language and context in Africa
By: Anne Storch
Publisher: Oxford ; New York; Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford University Press
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780199768974; 9780199769025
Description: This book addresses a specific form of language change: deliberate manipulations of a language by its speakers. These manipulations are based and depend on cultural and social contexts; they are often considered to be secret and are at the same time expressions of difference and power.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.