Secret manipulations [electronic resource] : language and context in Africa / Anne Storch. Storch, Anne. Linguistic change Africa. P142 410.96 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This book addresses a specific form of language change: deliberate manipulations of a language by its speakers. These manipulations are based and depend on cultural and social contexts; they are often considered to be secret and are at the same time expressions of difference and power. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xx, 242 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199768974.001.0001 eng Africa Languages. Africa.