African sociolinguistic and sociocultural studies
By: Rainer Vossen (ed.).
Series: Frankfurter afrikanistische Blätter = -- Frankfurt African studies bulletin = -- Bulletin Africanische de Francfort -- FAB 21, 2009; Frankfurter afrikanistische Blätter -- 21.
Publisher: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Köln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9783896457219
Subjects: Sociolinguistics; Congresses; Language and culture; African languages; Social aspects
Notes: "The presenst volume contains a collection of papers, most of which have originally been presented at the 31st-32nd Deutscher Orientalistentag at Marburg/Lahn (2010) ... and Münster (2013) ... The two remaining contributions ... have been accomplished as a result of research projects"--Page [5].

Contributions in English and German.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The impact of the belief in the paranormal and the occult on economic and political development in West Africa / Joseph C.A. Agbakoba; title: Sociolinguistic perspectives of animal names among the Ewe of Ghana / Vincent E. Aziaku; title: Language and power in Sub-Saharan Africa / Carl Ebobisse; title: Examples of metaphor translation in Hausa and Swahili Bibles / Henrike Firsching; title: Kanuri cuisine / Eva Rothmaler; title: Zur Problematik von Sprachattitüden und nationaler Sprachpolitik am Beispiel Ugandas / Julia Maximiliane Schwarz; title: Von der Interferenz zum Sprachwandel / Naima Tahiri.