Swahili language and society
Subtitle: papers from the workshop held at the School of Oriental and African Studies in April 1982
By: edited by Joan Maw and David Parkin
Series: Beiträge zur Afrikanistik -- Bd. 23; Veröffentlichungen der Institute für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie der Universität Wien -- Nr. 33
Publisher: Institut für Afrikanistik
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Wien
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Swahili language; Congresses; Social aspects; Sociolinguistics; Social life and customs; Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Swahili in the Shaba Region of Zaire  -- E.C Polome -- (20 p.).; title: Lingual varieties as a means of acting in the extempore-plays of the "Groupe Mufwankolo", Lubumbashi/Zaire  -- Walter Schicho -- (10 p.).; title: Continuity and change in the functions of Swahili and vernacular languages in rural East Africa  -- William M O'Barr -- (12 p.).; title: Language of social control  -- Joan Maw -- (36 p.).; title: Contemporary issues in Swahili literature  -- Farouk M Topan -- (12 p.).; title: Elusive "Mswahili" : some reflections on his identity and culture  -- Ahmed Idha Salim -- (14 p.).; title: Complex tenses and style in the novels of E. Kezilahabi  -- Magdalena Hauner -- (20 p.).; title: Kiumbuji vs. Kisanii -- Rajmund Ohly-- (12 p.).; title: Fate of standard Swahili  -- D Mkude -- (10 p.).; title: Aspects of lexical and semantic elaboration in the process of modernisation of Swahili  -- Mohamed H Abdulaziz -- (20 p.).; title: Phonograms for Sabaki : an experiment in method  -- John Kelly -- (12 p.).; title: Relationship terms and cultural conformity among the Swahili of Mombasa  -- Marc J Swartz -- (18 p.).; title: Kiswahili in Uganda  -- Vin. F.K Kawoya -- (12 p.).; title: Investigation in the patterns of non-verbal communication behaviour related to conversational interaction between mother tongue speakers of Swahili  -- A Claessen -- (36 p.).; title: Women's narration : performance and the marking of verbal aspect  -- Joan Russell -- (18 p.).; title: Political economy of Kiswahili : a Kenya-Tanzania comparison  -- Katama G.C Mkangi -- (18 p.).; title: East African Interterritorial Language (Swahili) Committee  -- R.A Snoxall -- (10 p.).; title: Modern Swahili : is there a generation gap?  -- Carol M Eastman -- (22 p.).; title: Being and selfhood among intermediary Swahili  -- David J Parkin -- (14 p.).; title: Earliest Swahilis? : a perspective on the importance of the Comoro Islands in the south-west Indian Ocean before the rise of Kilwa -- Gill Sheperd-- (36 p.).