African Linguistics in Asia and Australia
African Linguistics in Asia and Australia
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DOI:
10.1017/9781108283977.012
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2019
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通讯作者:
J. Hajek;S. Kaji;Xiaomeng Sun;Yang Chul-Joon
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作者:
J. Hajek;S. Kaji;Xiaomeng Sun;Yang Chul-Joon
Asian and Australian institutions with a research focus on African languages are of fairly recent vintage. Japan has a strong academic infrastructure devoted to African linguistics, based in several universities and research centres. China looks back more than 50 years of interest in teaching Swahili and other major African languages, recently broadening the scope to encompass other issues of linguistic interest. In South Korea, teaching Swahili was also the precursor of more general African linguistics, allowing for regional specializations of researchers. In Australia, academic interest emerges with the increasing presence of experts on African languages and linguistics in the country.