Bible Translation And Language Use in Lusophone Africa
The Case of Mozambique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20406265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gosnell Yorke, Gosnell L Yorke (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 131-144 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1022-8195 • E-ISSN: 1753-5395 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10228199908566149 |
| OpenAlex | W1990095980 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
In this article, we have juxtaposed the issues of Bible translation and language use and have sought to ascertain the nature of that relationship as it manifests itself within Lusophone Africa (the PALOP'S) in general and Mozambique in particular. By PALOP'S, a Portuguese acronym, is meant those five former Portuguese colonies in Africa, namely, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and SâoTomé and Píncipe, for whom European Portuguese is the official language vis-à-vis the myriad of indigenous languages and Creoles that characterise them all
Acronym · Cape verde · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Linguistics · Official language · Political science · Portuguese · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2005 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |