Description: Further DetailsTitle: English as a Local LanguageCondition: NewSubtitle: Post-colonial Identities and Multilingual PracticesISBN-10: 1847691811EAN: 9781847691811ISBN: 9781847691811Publisher: Multilingual MattersFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 07/08/2009Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 148mmItem Width: 16mmItem Weight: 356gAuthor: Christina HigginsGenre: HistoryTopic: Language & Reference, Society & Culture, Social SciencesBook Series: Critical Language and Literacy StudiesRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: English as a Local Language
Title: English as a Local Language
Subtitle: Post-colonial Identities and Multilingual Practices
ISBN-10: 1847691811
EAN: 9781847691811
ISBN: 9781847691811
Release Date: 07/08/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
Publication Name: English As a Local Language : Post-Colonial Identities and Multilingual Practices
Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Subject: Globalization, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Linguistics / General, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.6 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Christina Higgins
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.8 in
Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Format: Hardcover
