Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society / / Kasper Juffermans.
This book aims to enhance and challenge our understanding of language and literacy as social practice against the background of heightened globalisation. Juffermans presents an ethnographic study of the linguistic landscape of The Gambia, arguing that language should be conceptualised as a verb (lan...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Critical Language and Literacy Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Series Editors' Preface
- 1. How Many Languages Do You Speak?
- 2. Gambia's Local Languages
- 3. Englishing and Imaging in the Linguistic Landscape
- 4. Voices on English and Local Languages in Education
- 5. Collaborative Literacy Repertoires
- 6. Writing Mandinka in the Presence of English
- 7. Local Languaging Regimes
- References
- Index