Subjected words: African linguistics and the colonial encounter

Language and Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-343

  Irvine, Judith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African languages; Colonialism; Ethnolinguistic groups; History of linguistics; Language ideologies; Missionaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 48549093427     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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