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English as a Local Language - Post-colonial Identities and Multilingual Practices (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R677
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English as a Local Language - Post-colonial Identities and Multilingual Practices (Paperback, New)

Christina Higgins

Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies

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When analyzed in multilingual contexts, English is often treated as an entity that is separable from its linguistic environment. It is often the case, however, that multilinguals use English in hybrid and transcultural ways. This book explores how multilingual East Africans make use of English as a local resource in their everyday practices by examining a range of domains, including workplace conversation, beauty pageants, hip hop and advertising. Drawing on the Bakhtinian concept of multivocality, the author uses discourse analysis and ethnographic approaches to demonstrate the range of linguistic and cultural hybridity found across these domains, and to consider the constraints on hybridity in each context. By focusing on the cultural and linguistic bricolage in which English is often found, the book illustrates how multilinguals respond to the tension between local identification and dominant conceptualizations of English as a language for global communication.

General

Imprint: Multilingual Matters
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Release date: July 2009
First published: July 2009
Authors: Christina Higgins
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 171
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-84769-180-4
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Psycholinguistics > Bilingualism & multilingualism
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
LSN: 1-84769-180-3
Barcode: 9781847691804

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