Languages, Linguistics and Development Practices

by Felix K. Ameka

Chapter 1. Introduction: What Can Linguistics and Language(s) Contribute to Development Practices? (Felix K. Ameka and Deborah Hill).- Chapter 2. Localising Global Financial Key Terms: Case Studies from East Africa (Froukje Krijtenburg, Michelle Tjeenk Willink, Felix K. Ameka, Aflatoun).- Chapter 3. Asset-Based Community Development in Diverse Cultural Contexts: Learning from Mindanao, The Philippines (Ann Hill, Anselmo B. Mercado, Anne Shangrila Fuentes, and Deborah Hill).- Chapter 4. The Changing Conceptions of Work and the Language of Work in Ghana: Towards a Research Agenda (Akosua K. Darkwah and Dzodzi Tsikata).- Chapter 5. The Importance of Mutual Understanding of Key Terminology in Development Projects: A Png Example (Jo Caffery, Lalen Simeon and Kiteni Kusunan Kurika).- Chapter 6. Peer-To-Peer Learning: The Dynamics of Kin Relations, Matriliny, and Gender (Deborah Hill, Delmay Basi and Godwin Rahe).- Chapter 7. "I Could Still Be Myself as a Warlpiri Person" How Bilingual Education Achieves Community Development Aims (Carmel O'Shannessy, Marlkirdi Rose Napaljarri, Elaine Johnson Nangala and Gracie White Napaljarri).- Chapter 8. English Language Learning as a Trojan Horse? Examining Early Childhood Teachers' Views of Teaching Young Children in an English-Medium Ngo in India (Zinnia Mevawalla and Sanobia Palkhiwala).- Chapter 9. The Place of a Lingua Franca in Development Practice: The Case of Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea (Catherine Levy).- Chapter 10. Lost in Translation: Disorienting Research Dilemmas in a Multilingual Country (Barbara Pamphilon).- Chapter 11. The Linguist, Language, and Economic Development: A Commentary on Languages, Linguistics and Development Practices (Salikoko S. Mufwene).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030935213
• ISBN13: 9783030935214
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"