Language Contact

Language Contact book has been written to satisfy the need for college and university students who would like to pursue a degree in linguistic studies. The Lectures have been developed and refined to suit Senior and First year graduate course on Language Contact. The lectures provide useful information and interpretation on sociolinguistic aspects but specifically on Language Contact phenomenon. So the book is an invaluable aid to students and lecturers who are working with Social linguistics materials. The Book adopts and interdisciplinary approach summarizing a large body of literature in a quick thorough way for easy understanding and adds a useful glossary and rich bibliography for further reading. Additionally, the book draws practical examples from Tanzania reflecting author's own work but also references are given from other parts of the country.About the author: Dr. Anna Kishe is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at Teofilo Kisanji University at Dar-es salaam Center. Was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies at The Open University of Tanzania since 2012- 2015, teaching Sociolinguistic studies. Holds a Diploma in Teaching Methodology; English and Kiswahili languages. M.A Linguistics from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, U. S. A., B.A Education from University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, PhD in Linguistics from University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, U. S. A with specialization in Sociolinguistic studies. Topic of PHD dissertation was: The Englishization of Tanzanian Kiswahili: A study in Language Contact and Convergence.Dr. Anna Kishe is also an expert in Kiswahili language, Teaching Kiswahili for foreigners. She has also presented and published many articles on Kiswahili language development, and on Language Contact, Language Planning as well as preparing University learning Materials.