Living through languages : an African tribute to René Dirven

Authors:C. Van der Walt, René. Dirven, Jan Blommaert, Herman Batibo, Birgit Smieja, Theo Du Plessis, Augustin Simo Bobda, Riana Roos Paola, Martin Pütz, Willem J. Botha, Victor N. Webb, Albert Weiderman

Summary:This is a collection of scholarly research meant to honour the various facets of Rene Dirven's academic legacy, which includes language policy and politics, language acquisition (specifically in multilingual societies), the role of English and English language teaching, and a life-long interest in cognitive linguistics.

Print Book, English, 2006

Edition:1st ed View all formats and editions

Publisher: Sun Press, Stellenbosch [South Africa], 2006

Physical Description:iii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN:

9781920109707, 1920109706

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:213271630

Subjects:

Africa

Language policy

Language policy Africa

Sociolinguistics