
Secret Manipulations
Language and Context in Africa
Anne Storch(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 8. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-0-19-976902-5 (ISBN)
Description
Secret Manipulations is the first comprehensive study of African register variation, polylectality, and derived languages. Focusing on a specific form of language change-deliberate manipulations of a language by its speakers-it provides a new approach to local language ideologies and concepts of grammar and metalinguistic knowledge.
Anne Storch concentrates on case studies from Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, the African diaspora, and 16th century Europe. In these cases, language manipulation varies with social and cultural contexts, and is almost always done in secret. At the same time, this manipulation can be an act of subversion and an expression of power, and it is often central to the construction of social norms, as it constructs oppositions and gives marginalized people a chance to articulate themselves. This volume illustrates how manipulated languages are constructed, how they are used, and how they wield power.
Anne Storch concentrates on case studies from Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, the African diaspora, and 16th century Europe. In these cases, language manipulation varies with social and cultural contexts, and is almost always done in secret. At the same time, this manipulation can be an act of subversion and an expression of power, and it is often central to the construction of social norms, as it constructs oppositions and gives marginalized people a chance to articulate themselves. This volume illustrates how manipulated languages are constructed, how they are used, and how they wield power.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Secret Manipulations will appeal to scholars and graduate students of African languages, language ideology, and linguistic anthropology.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
455 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-976902-5 (9780199769025)
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Person
Anne Storch is Professor of African Linguistics at the University of Cologne.
Author
Professor of African LinguisticsProfessor of African Linguistics, University of Cologne
Content
Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Change and Manipulation ; 2. Social Distances ; 3. Secrecy ; 4. Mimesis ; 5. Sacrilege ; 6. Ambiguity ; 7. Contact ; 8. Conclusions ; Appendix ; List of Languages ; References ; Index