A comprehensive and diverse examination of the effects of globalization on languages in Africa, suitable for students and researchers interested in language endangerment and change. It discusses the effects of globalization on languages in Africa.
Where do concepts such as "welfare state" and "social security" come from and how has their meaning changed over time?. This edited collection, written by a cross-disciplinary group of leading social policy researchers, analyses the concepts and language used to make sense of contemporary social policy.
Studies women's language use in bilingual or multi-lingual cultural situations. The authors - social anthropologists, language teachers, and interpreters cover a variety of geographical and linguistic situations, from the death of Gaelic in the Outer Hebrides, to the use of Spanish by Quechua and Aymara women in the Andes.
