The Linguistic Heritage of Colonial Practice

The contributions of this volume offer both a diachronic and synchronic approach to aspects relating to different areas of colonial life as for example colonial place-naming in a comparative perspective. They comprise topics of diverse interests within the field of language and colonialism and represent the linguistic fields of sociolinguistics, onomastics, historical linguistics, language contact, obsolescence convergence and divergence, (colonial) discourse, lexicography and creolistics.

About the author

Brigitte Weber, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria.

Product details

• Assisted by: Brigitt Weber (Editor), Brigitte Weber (Editor)
• Publisher: Gruyter, Walter de GmbH
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 444 g
• Illustrations: 18 b/w ill.
• Series: Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics