{"product_id":"globalization-and-language-vitality-jan-blommaert-9780826495150","title":"Globalization and Language Vitality: Perspectives from Africa","description":"This book discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa. In contrast to previous studies, the contributors examine whether or not globalization is affecting African languages in the same ways and at the same rate in different countries, and how local experiences of language change vary from place to place. Rather than seeing English as the 'killer language' par excellence, the contributors probe ways in which languages are being used side by side to complement each other in some contexts while competing against European colonial languages in others. The result is a diverse canvas of language vitality in the African context, including matters of endangerment and loss, through the lense of globalization in its various interpretations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a must read for students and researchers interested in language change and death and in the fate of European languages in the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Blommaert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082649515X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826495150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continnuum-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 260","brand":"Jan Blommaert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947380572415,"sku":"9780826495150","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7932975d-f2b0-4fac-9b8f-a435d989eff4.jpg?v=1681518383","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/globalization-and-language-vitality-jan-blommaert-9780826495150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}