English as a local language: post-colonial identities and multilingual practices
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Beteilige Person: Higgins, Christina 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Bristol, UK Multilingual Matters ©2009
Schriftenreihe:Critical language and literacy studies 2
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168) and index
Multivoiced multilingualism -- From pre-colonial beginnings to multivocality -- Double voices in the workplace -- Miss World or Miss Bantu? : competing dialogues on female beauty -- The polyphony of East African hip hop -- Selling fasta fasta in the East African marketplace -- New wor(l)d order
Explores how multilingualism involving English is ordered in post-colonial, globalizing societies. By placing multilingual practices at the theoretical center, this book investigates a range of sociolinguistic domains to demonstrate how individuals use English as a local resource alongside other languages in East Africa
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 171 pages)
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