Reviews for African Languages in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenous Language Com...

The average rating for African Languages in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenous Language Com... based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-10-01 00:00:00 Mark Smith I enjoyed this book immensely. The opening section was rather dry but it did set the scene for what was to follow. The later chapters helpfully linked the movement and development of words with the movements of people and history. It was peppered with amusing links and asides. My variable proficiency with English, French and German is supplemented with knowledge of Sanskrit -derived Nepali and this augmented the enjoyment. Although my knowledge of history is weak I was yet able to appreciate how historical factors affected the development and decline of languages. Along the way were intriguing insights into many things: for example the early constraints on moveable type when printing was first developed. The story of English and the influence of American English were particularly fascinating and a challenge to my Old World bias.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-29 00:00:00 Mario Ocejo It kind of makes me wonder if learning Latin, Spanish, and German first will actually make learning to speak French more easier. A lot of people had told French is the hardest language to learn, but the way the author describes how every region borrowed "loanwords" from others it makes one feel as though learning a new language would be easy and fun. I also love the way Stevenson speaks about the history and gives the reader a clear understanding of how the languages of other countries came about in literature. I most definitely learned more than I thought I would while reading this book and thoroughly enjoyed it.