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Manual of Romance Languages in Africa / ed. by Ursula Reutner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Manuals of Romance Linguistics ; 32Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resource (X, 870 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110626100
  • 9783110626179
  • 9783110628869
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.442406 23
LOC classification:
  • PC395.A35 M36 2024
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Manuals of Romance Linguistics -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Northern Africa -- French -- 2 Algeria -- 3 Morocco -- 4 Tunisia -- Italian -- 5 Libya -- Portuguese -- 6 Portugal: Madeira -- Spanish -- 7 Spain: Canary Islands -- 8 Spain: Ceuta and Melilla -- Western Africa -- French -- 9 Benin -- 10 Burkina Faso -- 11 Côte d’Ivoire -- 12 Guinea -- 13 Mali -- 14 Mauritania -- 15 Niger -- 16 Senegal -- 17 Togo -- Portuguese -- 18 Cabo Verde -- 19 Guinea-Bissau -- Middle Africa -- French -- 20 Cameroon -- 21 Central African Republic -- 22 Chad -- 23 Congo-Brazzaville -- 24 Congo-Kinshasa -- 25 Gabon -- Portuguese -- 26 Angola -- 27 São Tomé and Príncipe -- Spanish -- 28 Equatorial Guinea -- Eastern Africa -- French -- 29 Burundi and Rwanda -- 30 Djibouti -- 31 France: Réunion and Mayotte -- 32 Madagascar and Comoros -- 33 Mauritius and Seychelles -- Italian -- 34 Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia -- Portuguese -- 35 Mozambique -- Overview -- Country Key Facts -- 36 Country Key Facts -- Language Index -- Linguistic Subject Index -- General Subject Index -- Person Index
Summary: With more than two thousand languages spread over its territory, multilingualism is a common reality in Africa. The main official languages of most African countries are Indo-European, in many instances Romance. As they were primarily brought to Africa in the era of colonization, the areas discussed in this volume are thirty-five states that were once ruled by Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, or Spain, and the African regions still belonging to three of them. Twenty-six states are presented in relation to French, four to Italian, six to Portuguese, and two to Spanish. They are considered in separate chapters according to their sociolinguistic situation, linguistic history, external language policy, linguistic characteristics, and internal language policy. The result is a comprehensive overview of the Romance languages in modern-day Africa. It follows a coherent structure, offers linguistic and sociolinguistic information, and illustrates language contact situations, power relations, as well as the cross-fertilization and mutual enrichment emerging from the interplay of languages and cultures in Africa.
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Frontmatter -- Manuals of Romance Linguistics -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Northern Africa -- French -- 2 Algeria -- 3 Morocco -- 4 Tunisia -- Italian -- 5 Libya -- Portuguese -- 6 Portugal: Madeira -- Spanish -- 7 Spain: Canary Islands -- 8 Spain: Ceuta and Melilla -- Western Africa -- French -- 9 Benin -- 10 Burkina Faso -- 11 Côte d’Ivoire -- 12 Guinea -- 13 Mali -- 14 Mauritania -- 15 Niger -- 16 Senegal -- 17 Togo -- Portuguese -- 18 Cabo Verde -- 19 Guinea-Bissau -- Middle Africa -- French -- 20 Cameroon -- 21 Central African Republic -- 22 Chad -- 23 Congo-Brazzaville -- 24 Congo-Kinshasa -- 25 Gabon -- Portuguese -- 26 Angola -- 27 São Tomé and Príncipe -- Spanish -- 28 Equatorial Guinea -- Eastern Africa -- French -- 29 Burundi and Rwanda -- 30 Djibouti -- 31 France: Réunion and Mayotte -- 32 Madagascar and Comoros -- 33 Mauritius and Seychelles -- Italian -- 34 Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia -- Portuguese -- 35 Mozambique -- Overview -- Country Key Facts -- 36 Country Key Facts -- Language Index -- Linguistic Subject Index -- General Subject Index -- Person Index

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With more than two thousand languages spread over its territory, multilingualism is a common reality in Africa. The main official languages of most African countries are Indo-European, in many instances Romance. As they were primarily brought to Africa in the era of colonization, the areas discussed in this volume are thirty-five states that were once ruled by Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, or Spain, and the African regions still belonging to three of them. Twenty-six states are presented in relation to French, four to Italian, six to Portuguese, and two to Spanish. They are considered in separate chapters according to their sociolinguistic situation, linguistic history, external language policy, linguistic characteristics, and internal language policy. The result is a comprehensive overview of the Romance languages in modern-day Africa. It follows a coherent structure, offers linguistic and sociolinguistic information, and illustrates language contact situations, power relations, as well as the cross-fertilization and mutual enrichment emerging from the interplay of languages and cultures in Africa.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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