Globalisation and African Languages: Risks and BenefitsKatrin Bromber, Birgit Smieja Globalisation and African Languages links African language studies to the concept of 'globalisation' which increasingly undergoes critical review. Hence, African linguists of various provenience can make valuable contributions to this debate. In cultural matters, which by definition include language, there is often a sense that globalisation leads to a major trend of homogenisation, which results in a reduction of diversity on the one hand and, on the other, in new themes being incorporated into global (cultural) patterns. However, often conflicting and overlapping particularistic interests exist which have a constructive as well as destructive potential. |
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Katrin Bromber and Birgit Smieja | 1 |
Indianer und andere Minderheiten Überlegungen zu einer | 31 |
An underexploited national resource? | 53 |
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