English as a Local Language : Post-colonial Identities and Multilingual Practices

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...
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Autor*in:

Higgins, Christina - 1972- [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Multilingual Matters ; 2009

©2009

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Schlagwörter:

English language, Africa, East

English language, Variation, Africa, East

Sociolinguistics, Africa, East

English language, Globalization

English language.

Sociolinguistics.

Discourse analysis.

East African Hip Hop.

English as a global language.

English as a lingua franca,.

Ethnography.

Globalisation.

Local language.

Localized English.

Multilingualism.

Post-colonialism.

Tanzania.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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1 Online-Ressource

Reihe:

Critical Language and Literacy Studies

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ISBN:

978-1-84769-182-8

DOI / URN:

10.21832/9781847691828

Katalog-ID:

1658534646

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