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Direct linkMakoni, Busi; Makoni, Sinfree; Mashiri, Pedzisai – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2007
Studies of African naming practices focus almost exclusively on the meanings and etymology of names and details about the circumstances surrounding how such names are assigned. Such research has not examined the implications naming has for language planning, ideologies of language, and language shift. Focusing on names and naming practices in…
Descriptors: African Languages, Standard Spoken Usage, Language Planning, Etymology
