ISBN:
9783110146875
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (340 p)
Series Statement:
Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]
Series Statement:
Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] Ser v.70
Parallel Title:
Print version Language Use in Rural Development : An African Perspective
DDC:
306.4/496711
Keywords:
Communication in rural development ; Cameroon
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Language planning ; Cameroon
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Sociolinguistics ; Cameroon
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Languages And Rural Development -- 1.1 Development And Language In Africa -- 1.2 Bringing Language And Rural Development Together -- 1.3 The Multilingual Environment -- 1.4 Planning Language Use -- 1.4.1 Language Policies -- 1.4.2 The Languages-Development Debate -- 1.4.3 Languages And Political Development -- 1.4.4 Language Rights -- 1.4.5 Languages And Economic Development -- 1.5 Languages And Rural Development Intervention -- 1.5.1 Conceptual Perspectives -- 1.5.2 Interaction In Local Communities -- 1.5.3 Adult Education And Literacy -- 1.5.4 Concluding Comment -- 1.6 Parameters Of Rural Development -- 1.6.1 Defining Rural Development -- 1.6.2 Communication In Rural Development -- 1.6.3 The Place Of The Local Language -- Chapter 2. Linking Languages And Development: Approaches And Methods -- 2.1 Methodology Selection -- 2.1.1 An Initial Hypothesis -- 2.1.2 An Experimental Approach? -- 2.2 An Ethnographic Approach -- 2.2.1 Analytical Concepts -- 2.2.2 Comparability And Generalisability -- 2.3 The Role Of Statistical Analysis -- 2.4 Instrument Design And Data Collection -- 2.4.1 Observation -- 2.4.2 Interviews -- 2.4.3 Questionnaires -- 2.4.4 Language Attitude Statements -- 2.4.5 Development Attitude Survey -- 2.4.6 Ethnosemantics -- 2.4.7 Local Secondary Data -- 2.4.8 Summary Tables -- 2.5 Relationships Between Data In The Analysis -- Chapter 3. The Context -- 3.1 Rural Development -- 3.1.1 Cameroon - National Level -- 3.1.2 Ombessa - Local Level -- 3.2 Languages -- 3.2.1 Language Policy And Practice In Cameroon -- 3.2.2 Relationships Between Languages In Cameroon -- 3.2.3 Languages In The Ombessa Area -- Chapter 4. Languages And Development In The Community -- 4.1 Concepts Of Development -- 4.1.1 Official Development Strategies -- 4.1.2 Local Concepts And Attitudes.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Preface ""; ""Prologue ""; ""Chapter 1. Languages And Rural Development ""; ""1.1 Development And Language In Africa ""; ""1.2 Bringing Language And Rural Development Together ""; ""1.3 The Multilingual Environment ""; ""1.4 Planning Language Use ""; ""1.4.1 Language Policies ""; ""1.4.2 The Languages-Development Debate ""; ""1.4.3 Languages And Political Development ""; ""1.4.4 Language Rights ""; ""1.4.5 Languages And Economic Development ""; ""1.5 Languages And Rural Development Intervention ""; ""1.5.1 Conceptual Perspectives ""; ""1.5.2 Interaction In Local Communities ""
Description / Table of Contents:
""1.5.3 Adult Education And Literacy """"1.5.4 Concluding Comment ""; ""1.6 Parameters Of Rural Development ""; ""1.6.1 Defining Rural Development ""; ""1.6.2 Communication In Rural Development ""; ""1.6.3 The Place Of The Local Language ""; ""Chapter 2. Linking Languages And Development: Approaches And Methods ""; ""2.1 Methodology Selection ""; ""2.1.1 An Initial Hypothesis ""; ""2.1.2 An Experimental Approach? ""; ""2.2 An Ethnographic Approach ""; ""2.2.1 Analytical Concepts ""; ""2.2.2 Comparability And Generalisability ""; ""2.3 The Role Of Statistical Analysis ""
Description / Table of Contents:
""2.4 Instrument Design And Data Collection """"2.4.1 Observation ""; ""2.4.2 Interviews ""; ""2.4.3 Questionnaires ""; ""2.4.4 Language Attitude Statements ""; ""2.4.5 Development Attitude Survey ""; ""2.4.6 Ethnosemantics ""; ""2.4.7 Local Secondary Data ""; ""2.4.8 Summary Tables ""; ""2.5 Relationships Between Data In The Analysis ""; ""Chapter 3. The Context ""; ""3.1 Rural Development ""; ""3.1.1 Cameroon � National Level ""; ""3.1.2 Ombessa � Local Level ""; ""3.2 Languages ""; ""3.2.1 Language Policy And Practice In Cameroon ""
Description / Table of Contents:
""3.2.2 Relationships Between Languages In Cameroon """"3.2.3 Languages In The Ombessa Area ""; ""Chapter 4. Languages And Development In The Community ""; ""4.1 Concepts Of Development ""; ""4.1.1 Official Development Strategies ""; ""4.1.2 Local Concepts And Attitudes ""; ""4.1.3 Ethnosemantics � The Term “Development� In Nugunu ""; ""4.2 Use Of Languages In The Community ""; ""4.2.1 Observed Language Use ""; ""4.2.2 Self-Reported Use ""; ""4.2.3 Language Attitudes ""; ""4.3 Concluding Summary ""; ""Chapter 5. The Use Of Languages In Development Intervention ""
Description / Table of Contents:
""5.1 Official Development Intervention """"5.1.1 Language Use Mismatch ""; ""5.2 Individual Development Interaction ""; ""5.2.1 Development Interaction Indices ""; ""5.2.2 Language Use Index ""; ""5.3 Development Meetings ""; ""5.3.1 Development Meetings: Proceedings ""; ""5.3.2 Development Meetings: Critical Analysis ""; ""5.4 Two Cameos Of Language Use ""; ""5.4.1 A Health Education Session ""; ""5.4.2 An Example Of Individual Language Use ""; ""5.5 Concluding Comment ""; ""Chapter 6. Languages In Rural Development: Issues And Implications ""; ""6.1. Two Key Issues ""; ""6.1.1 Identity ""
Description / Table of Contents:
""6.1.2 Power ""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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