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Selected Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Shifting the Center of Africanism in Language Politics and Economic Globalization edited by Olaoba F. Arasanyin and Michael A. Pemberton ISBN 1-57473-414-8 library binding vii + 220 pages publication date: 2006 published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA Table of contents Abstract Karsten Legère Formal and Informal Development of the Swahili Language: Focus on Tanzania 176-184 (complete pdf) This paper summarizes the institutional (formal) development of the Swahili language in Tanzania. The contributions by the National Swahili Council (BAKITA) and the Institute of Swahili Research of the University of Dar es Salaam (TUKI) are sketched and commented upon. The author focuses on lexical elaboration and specifically terminology development which takes spontaneously (informally) place at the grassroots level. Particular emphasis is put on the emergence of ICT terms and their wide use. |