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benjamins.com>Title: Africa and Applied Linguistics Series Title: AILA Review, Volume 16 Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ http://www.benjamins.nl/ Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=AILA_16 Editor: Sinfree Makoni, Pennsylvania State University Editor: Ulrike H. Meinhof, University of Southhampton Paperback: ISBN: 1588113892, Pages: 180 pp., Price: USD 84.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9027239851, Pages: 180 pp., Price: EUR 70.00 Abstract: AILA Review is a publication of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliqu�e, an international federation of national associations for applied linguistics. Volume 16 of AILA Review is the first to appear with John Benjamins and contains a unique collection of articles, guest-edited by Sinfree Makoni and Ulrike H. Meinhof on Africa and Applied Lingustics. The articles include: "Language ideology and politics: A critical appraisal of French as second official language in Nigeria." by Tope Omoniyi, "The democratisation of indigenous languages: The case of Malawi." by Themba Moyo, "Classroom codeswitching in post-colonial contexts: Functions, attitudes and policies." by Gibson Ferguson, "A pilot study of Supplemental Instruction for at-risk students at an Historically Black University (HBU) in South Africa." by Constance Zulu, "Using historical data to explain language attitudes: A South African case study" by Ian Bekker, "Discourse, culture and the law: The analysis of crosstalk in the Southern African bilingual courtroom." by Pulie Thetela, "Language and the law: Who has the upper hand? A corpus analysis of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings." by Vivian de Klerk, "Dysphemisms in the language of Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo." by Yisa Kehunde Yusuf, "Managing 'face' in urban public transport: Polite request strategies in commuter omnibus discourse in Harare." by Pedzisai Mashiri, "Popular Malagasy music and the construction of cultural identities." by Zafimahaleo Rasolofondraosolo and Ulrike Hanna Meinhof, "'I want to be like a human again.': Morbidity and retained ability in an Alzheimer sufferer." by Stanley G.M. Ridge, Sinfree Makoni, and Elaine Ridge, and a profile of Doug Young. Table of contents Introducing applied linguistics in Africa Sinfree Makoni and Ulrike H. Meinhof 1-12 Articles Language ideology and politics: A critical appraisal of French as second official language in Nigeria Tope Omoniyi 13-25 The democratisation of indigenous languages: The case of Malawi Themba Moyo 26-37 Classroom code-switching in post-colonial contexts: Functions, attitudes and policies Gibson Ferguson 38-51 A pilot study of Supplemental Instruction for at-risk students at an Historically Black University (HBU) in South Africa Constance Zulu 52-61 Using historical data to explain language attitudes: A South African case study Ian Bekker 62-77 Discourse, culture and the law: The analysis of crosstalk in the Southern African bilingual courtroom Pulie Thetela 78-88 Language and the law: Who has the upper hand? Vivian de Klerk 89-103 Dysphemisms in the language of Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo Yisa Kehunde Yusuf 104-119 Managing 'face' in urban public transport: Polite request strategies in commuter omnibus discourse in Harare Pedzisai Mashiri 120-126 Popular Malagasy music and the construction of cultural identities Zafimahaleo Rasolofondraosolo and Ulrike H. Meinhof 127-148 "I want to be like a human again": Morbidity and retained ability in an Alzheimer sufferer Stanley G.M. Ridge, Sinfree Makoni and Elaine Ridge 149-169 Doug Young: A profile Rochelle Kapp 170-171 Notes on contributors 172-173 Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=8509.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue