Africa and Applied Linguistics. AILA Review, Volume 16
Edited by Sinfree Makoni and Ulrike H. Meinhof
[AILA Review, 16] 2003. ii, 173 pp.
Ulrike H. Meinhof
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ulrike H. Meinhof plays a role.
Title
Subjects Afro-Asiatic languages | Other African languages | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Articles
2005 Storying East-German pasts: Memory discourses and narratives of readjustment on the German/Polish and former German/German border The Sociolinguistics of Narrative, Thornborrow, Joanna and Jennifer Coates (eds.), pp. 41–65 | Article
2004 Western perspectives in applied linguistics in Africa World Applied Linguistics: A Celebration of AILA at 40, Gass, Susan M. and Sinfree Makoni (eds.), pp. 77–104 | Article
The aim of this article is to analyze the nature of the historical and contemporary social contexts within which applied linguistics in Africa emerged, and is currently practiced. The article examines the challenges ‘local’ applied Linguistics in Africa is confronted with as it tries to amplify… read more
2003 Introducing applied linguistics in Africa Africa and Applied Linguistics, Makoni, Sinfree and Ulrike H. Meinhof (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Introduction
2003 Popular Malagasy music and the construction of cultural identities Africa and Applied Linguistics, Makoni, Sinfree and Ulrike H. Meinhof (eds.), pp. 127–148 | Article
This paper explores the construction of cultural identities through contemporary music from Madagascar, in particular the songs by Dama — singer-song-writer of the eponymous group of musicians- the Mahaleo. Specific focus is on the role that the discourses of and about popular Malagasy music play… read more
2002 Looking across the river: German-Polish border communities and the construction of the Other Identity Politics, pp. 23–58 | Article
The paper reports results of an ongoing ESRC-funded project into constructions of identity in German and Polish border communities. We are interested here in how our informants from different generations position themselves and their communities with regard to those on the other side of the river. read more