Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Introduction
- Part I Short Regional Histories of African Linguistics
- Part II Comparative and Descriptive African Linguistics
- Part III African Languages in Cultures and Societies
- 13 Sociocultural and Political Settings of Language in Africa
- 14 Into and Out of Africa: The Sociolinguistics of European and Asian Languages in Africa and of the African Diaspora
- 15 Language Endangerment and Language Documentation in Africa
- 16 Situated Language Use in Africa
- 17 Special-Purpose Registers of Language in Africa
- 18 African Languages in Urban Contexts
- 19 African Languages and Mobile Communication: Between Constraint and Creativity
- Part IV Applied Perspectives in African Linguistics
- References
- Index
17 - Special-Purpose Registers of Language in Africa
from Part III - African Languages in Cultures and Societies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 May 2019
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Introduction
- Part I Short Regional Histories of African Linguistics
- Part II Comparative and Descriptive African Linguistics
- Part III African Languages in Cultures and Societies
- 13 Sociocultural and Political Settings of Language in Africa
- 14 Into and Out of Africa: The Sociolinguistics of European and Asian Languages in Africa and of the African Diaspora
- 15 Language Endangerment and Language Documentation in Africa
- 16 Situated Language Use in Africa
- 17 Special-Purpose Registers of Language in Africa
- 18 African Languages in Urban Contexts
- 19 African Languages and Mobile Communication: Between Constraint and Creativity
- Part IV Applied Perspectives in African Linguistics
- References
- Index
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- The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics , pp. 513 - 534Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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