Vernacular Palaver : : Imaginations of the Local and Non-Native Languages in West Africa /

Vernacular Palaver : : Imaginations of the Local and Non-Native Languages in West Africa / / Moradewun Adejunmobi.

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Vernacular Palaver examines the continuing appeal of the idea of ‘the local’ for cultural brokers in West Africa, even in instances where they have a growing interaction with diverse global and continental languages of wider communication. It highlights the contribution of foreign and indigenous lan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Adejunmobi, Moradewun,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Colonial Encounters and Discourses of the Vernacular
  • 2. African Literature, European Languages and Imaginations of the Local
  • 3. Foreign Languages, Local Audiences: The Case of Nigerian Video Film in English
  • 4. Romance Without Borders: Narrating Love, Femininity, and the Local in Contemporary Ivory Coast
  • 5. Languages of Wider Communication and Alternative Sites of Belonging
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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