African Institute of Science and Technology

Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Approaches to Language-Death Prevention: A Conceptual and Thematic Analysis

Language death records the terminal outcome of sustained language shift, but prevention requires more than the production of grammars, dictionaries and archives. This conceptual and thematic analysis examines linguistic and non-linguistic approaches to preventing the discontinuit...

The Inevitability of Linguistic Challenges in Multilingual Societies: The Case of Nigeria

Nigeria presents one of Africa's most extensive multilingual settings, with more than 500 indigenous languages interacting with English, Nigerian Pidgin, Arabic and French across education, government, commerce, media, health and digital communication. This article examines why l...

Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Approaches to Language-Death Prevention: A Conceptual and Thematic Analysis

Language death records the terminal outcome of sustained language shift, but prevention requires more than the production of grammars, dictionaries and archives. This conceptual and thematic analysis examines linguistic and non-linguistic approaches to preventing the discontinuit...