African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa
This open access edited volume brings together a team of linguists to explore how indigenized varieties of English and multilingualism interact with the holistic transformation of Africa. Contributors discuss the transformative development vision for Africa with a focus on ex-colonial languages, ind...
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| description | This open access edited volume brings together a team of linguists to explore how indigenized varieties of English and multilingualism interact with the holistic transformation of Africa. Contributors discuss the transformative development vision for Africa with a focus on ex-colonial languages, indigenized varieties and indigenous mother tongues. In doing so, they explore linguistic evolution and developments towards endonormativity, investigate the correlation between the Africanisation of English and transformative development, the indiginization of medical terminology in HIV/AIDS consultations, the interactions of Romance languages with local English varieties, and resonances between decolonizing multilingualisms in Singapore and Africa. Going beyond traditional emphases on economic and industrial progress, the authors gathered here ultimately develop new analytical frameworks that align with African realities and priorities and ultimately promote the decolonisation of the African minds, which remains a work in progress. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1756872026-04-20T08:12:42Z African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa Ngefac, Aloysius Zang Zang, Paul Brato, Thorsten Leimgruber, Jakob R. E. World Englishes Colonial languages Indigenized language Cameroonian English Language and development African English African French. Transformative development in Africa Cameroon South Africa EFL in Africa African development goals thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTR National liberation and independence::NHTR1 Decolonisation and postcolonial studies thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNT Anthologies: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism This open access edited volume brings together a team of linguists to explore how indigenized varieties of English and multilingualism interact with the holistic transformation of Africa. Contributors discuss the transformative development vision for Africa with a focus on ex-colonial languages, indigenized varieties and indigenous mother tongues. In doing so, they explore linguistic evolution and developments towards endonormativity, investigate the correlation between the Africanisation of English and transformative development, the indiginization of medical terminology in HIV/AIDS consultations, the interactions of Romance languages with local English varieties, and resonances between decolonizing multilingualisms in Singapore and Africa. Going beyond traditional emphases on economic and industrial progress, the authors gathered here ultimately develop new analytical frameworks that align with African realities and priorities and ultimately promote the decolonisation of the African minds, which remains a work in progress. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective. 2026-04-20T08:12:41Z 2026-04-20T08:12:41Z 2026-04-16T09:58:07Z 2025 book ONIX_20260415T184305_9781350510104_36 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112341 9781350510104 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175687 eng Transformative Development for Postcolonial Africa open access Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Zed Books b7fec79e-c133-4cb3-9544-88060a4d4e06 9781350510104 Zed Books 256 London open access |
| spellingShingle | World Englishes Colonial languages Indigenized language Cameroonian English Language and development African English African French. Transformative development in Africa Cameroon South Africa EFL in Africa African development goals thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTR National liberation and independence::NHTR1 Decolonisation and postcolonial studies thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNT Anthologies: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title | African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_full | African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_fullStr | African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_short | African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_sort | african englishes and multilingualism for the transformative development of postcolonial africa |
| topic | World Englishes Colonial languages Indigenized language Cameroonian English Language and development African English African French. Transformative development in Africa Cameroon South Africa EFL in Africa African development goals thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTR National liberation and independence::NHTR1 Decolonisation and postcolonial studies thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNT Anthologies: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism |
| topic_facet | World Englishes Colonial languages Indigenized language Cameroonian English Language and development African English African French. Transformative development in Africa Cameroon South Africa EFL in Africa African development goals thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTR National liberation and independence::NHTR1 Decolonisation and postcolonial studies thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNT Anthologies: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism |
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