AFRICAN LANGUAGES: linguistic, literary and social issues, a festschrift in honour of Prof. Herman Batibo

507pp., paperback, CASAS Book Series No. 131, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, 2012

Professor Herman Batibo teaches African Linguistics in the Department of African Languages and Literature, University of Botswana.

Contributions include:

"Language Ecology and Linguistic Imperialism: The 'de-indigenization of African languages" by H. Ekkard Wolff

"Elite and Folk Bilingualism in Botswana" by Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi

"Expressing Politeness and Respect in Bantu Languages: A short comparative survey" by Lutz Marten and Nancyt C. Kula

"Official and Co-official Languages in Sub-Saharan Africa: What about other languages?" by Karsten Legère

"Language Properties of Online Visual Commercial Advertisements" by Emmanuel Ilonga

"Metaphysical Paradox, Paratext and Discursive Ambiguity in Two Prose Narratives of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Ben Okri" by Wazha Lopang and Lekan Oyegoke.