- Title
- Intellectualisation of African languages: past, present and future
- Creator
- Kaschula, Russell H
- Creator
- Nkomo, Dion
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174728
- Identifier
- vital:42504
- Identifier
- ISBN
- Identifier
- https://icl20capetown.com/
- Description
- This paper discusses the intellectualisation of African languages from a historical perspective. It explores how different historical epochs ascribed certain values on African languages, thereby facilitating or impeding the development of the languages, which remain in urgent need of transformation into fully functional languages in modern society. Such an exploration is not undertaken for the purposes of generating another historical account or rivalling others already in place, but in order to contribute towards understanding the integral role of African languages in the broader decolonisation and transformation endeavours across the continent.
- Format
- Publisher
- International Congress of Linguists
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Kaschula, R. and Nkomo, D., 2019. Intellectualisation of African languages: past, present and future. In The 20th International Congress of Linguists (p. 387). 2nd-6th July 2018, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
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Kaschula, Russell H (Prof)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education
Nkomo, Dion (Prof)
RU School of Languages and Literatures
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