African multilingualism is changing the languages and identities of urban communities, and indeed entire nations. Sheng, a non-standard variety of Kenyan Swahili closely associated with Nairobi's low-income urban youth, reflects the dynamics of rapid, on-going urbanisation proce…
African multilingualism is changing the languages and identities of urban communities, and indeed entire nations. Sheng, a non-standard variety of Kenyan Swahili closely associated with Nairobi's low-income urban youth, reflects the dynamics of rapid, on-going urbanisation proce…
Publisher description. The present book offers a paleographic transcription of the 16th century manuscript of Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua's, Relación de antigüedades deste Reyno del Pirú, MS 3169 in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain. It discusses questio…
Publisher description. The present book offers a paleographic transcription of the 16th century manuscript of Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua's, Relación de antigüedades deste Reyno del Pirú, MS 3169 in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain. It discusses questio…
The language of hunter-gatherers
Hunter-gatherers are often portrayed as 'others' standing outside the main trajectory of human social evolution. But even after eleven millennia of agriculture and two centuries of widespread industrialization, hunter-gatherer societies continue to exist. This volume, using the …
This study embarks on the intriguing quest for the origins of the Caribbean creole language Papiamentu, casting new and long-lasting light on the issue. Embedding exhaustive and rigorous linguistic comparisons in a detailed and novel historical framework, the study convincingly …
This study embarks on the intriguing quest for the origins of the Caribbean creole language Papiamentu, casting new and long-lasting light on the issue. Embedding exhaustive and rigorous linguistic comparisons in a detailed and novel historical framework, the study convincingly …
El Español de América
by Fontanella de Weinberg, María Beatriz
fromColecciones MAPFRE 1492 / 4