English as a Local Language

English as a Local Language
Author :
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 169
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781847696939
ISBN-13 : 1847696937
Rating : 4/5 (937 Downloads)

Book Synopsis English as a Local Language by : Christina Higgins

Download or read book English as a Local Language written by Christina Higgins and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2009-07-08 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


English as a Local Language Related Books

English as a Local Language
Language: en
Pages: 169
Authors: Christina Higgins
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-08 - Publisher: Multilingual Matters

GET EBOOK

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,
The Rise of English
Language: en
Pages: 489
Authors: Rosemary C. Salomone
Categories: English language
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

GET EBOOK

A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of languageSpoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingu
English as a Global Language
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: David Crystal
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-29 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.
The Local Construction of a Global Language
Language: en
Pages: 286
Authors: Joseph Sung-Yul Park
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-07 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

GET EBOOK

In South Korea, English is a language of utmost importance, sought with an unprecedented zeal as an indispensable commodity in education, business, popular cult
The Fall of Language in the Age of English
Language: en
Pages: 237
Authors: Minae Mizumura
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-06 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

GET EBOOK

Winner of the Kobayashi Hideo Award, The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one's own language in this pe