Southernizing sociolinguistics : : colonialism, racism, and patriarchy in language in the Global South / / editedy by Bassey E. Anita and Sinfree Makoni.

• Superior document: Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism
• TeilnehmendeR: Antia, Bassey Edem,; Makoni, Sinfree,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, New York ;, London, England : : Routledge,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge critical studies in multilingualism.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (327 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- References -- Part I The Politics of the Constitution of Language, and Its Metalanguage, in the Global South -- 1 Can There Be a Politics of Language? Reflections On Language and Metalanguage -- Introduction -- Metalanguage and Stipulated Definition -- Intellectual Background -- Denaturalizing Sociolinguistics -- The Double Hermeneutic -- Southern Theory -- Note -- References -- 2 Shallow Grammar and African American English: Evaluating the Master's Tools in Linguistics -- Introduction -- African American English and the Master's Tools -- Auxiliaries in African American English -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Multilingual Socialization and Development of Multilingualism as a First Language: Implications for Multilingual Education -- Introduction -- Children With Multiple Languages in Monolingual Societies -- Children in Multilingual Societies: Learning to Live With Languages -- Developmental Processes in Multilingual Socialization -- Multilingual Socialization and Multilingualism as a First Language -- Growing Up With Multilingualism: Some Observations -- Development of Multilingual Children and MLE: Rethinking the Principles and Applications of Bilingual Education -- Summing Up: Some Implications of Multilingualism -- Notes -- References -- 4 Questioning Epistemic Racism in Issues of Language Studies in Brazil: The Case of Pretuguês Versus Popular Brazilian ... -- Introduction -- Universality, Coloniality and Body-Politics -- Language as an Invented Zone of Non-Being: Reviewing Notions -- Connecting Threads: Reclaiming the Place of Racism -- Language Ideologies and Linguistic Racism -- Black Portuguese Or Creolized Portuguese: the War Over the National Language of Brazil.

Epistemic Justice and the Body-Politics of Coloniality in Linguistic Racism -- Notes -- References -- 5 Baptism of Indigenous Languages Into an Ideology: A Decolonial Critique of Missionary Linguistics in South-Eastern Nigeria -- Introduction -- The Principle of Reduction/reducción and Missionary Strategies -- Decolonization/Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies -- Missionary Linguistics and Language Groups in South-Eastern Nigeria -- Igbo -- Efik -- Ibibio -- A Synthesis of Missionary Baptism of Indigenous Languages -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Christian-Lects and Islam-Lects: On Religious Inventions of Languages -- Introduction -- Christian-lects: On the Concept of Language and the Role of Translation -- Islam and the Grammatical Invention of Arabic -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II Who Gets Published in Sociolinguistics? -- 7 Black Female Scholarship Matters: Erasure of Black African Women's Sociolinguistic Scholarship -- Introduction -- The Handbooks -- Contributors to the Handbooks -- Citation Practices in the Handbooks -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 African Contributions to Four Journals of Sociolinguistics -- Introduction -- The Journals: Understanding Their African Authors -- International Journal of the Sociology of Language (IJSL) -- Journal of Sociolinguistics (JS) -- International Journal of Bilingualism (IJB) -- Journal of Language Variation and Change (JLVC) -- The Journals: Thematic Orientations of African Contributions -- International Journal of the Sociology of Language -- Language Contact and Related Themes -- Language Policy and Planning -- Language Variation and Dynamics of Language Use -- Journal of Sociolinguistics -- International Journal of Bilingualism (IJB) -- Journal of Language Variation and Change -- Concluding Remarks -- Note -- References.

Part III Language in the Global South and the Social Inscription of Difference -- 9 Begging for "Authenticity": Language, Class and Race Politics in South Africa -- Introduction -- Background: Identity Diatribes in South African Politics -- Theoretical Foundations -- Method and Analysis -- Speak English Like an African (November 2015) -- COPE Willie Madisha vs Minister Naledi Pandor (April 2017) -- Mam'Khawula Accusing Parliamentary Members of Being Sell-Outs -- EFF Mam'Khawula Leaves the Deputy Speaker in Shock -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 Mandarin Chinese as the National Language and Its Discontents -- Introduction -- Mandarin as National Language? -- Guoyu in Inner Asian Conquest Dynasties of China -- Mandarin Chinese as Guoyu From Empire to Nation -- Concluding Remarks -- Note -- References -- 11 Minoritized Youth Language in Norwegian Media Discourse: Surfacing the Abyssal Line -- Introduction -- Theoretical Frames: Critical Discourse Studies From Decolonial Perspectives -- Data and Methodology -- Geelmuyden's Initial Statement in Kampanje -- Excerpt 1 -- Surfacing the Abyssal Line Between "Us" and "Them" -- Geelmuyden's Apology Framed as an Act of Bravery -- Excerpt 2 -- Excerpt 3 -- A Diversity Problem -- Excerpt 4 -- Excerpt 5 -- The Story of Us -- Excerpt 6 -- Excerpt 7 -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Part IV Learning and the Quotidian Experience of Language in the Global South -- 12 The Lexico-Semantics of Whiteness and Its Transactionalization in Black African Languages -- Colonial-missionary Invention of Black and White in African Languages: a Masterstroke of Sociolinguistic Engineering -- Colonialism, Lexico-Semantics, and Appraisal Theory -- The Continental and Phenomenological Reach of Whiteness -- Evaluating Attitudes Toward Whiteness in Black African Languages.

Commodification of Whiteness in Black Languages: Who Benefits? -- Stranglehold of Whiteness: Any Grounds for Mourning, Dreaming, and Taking Action? -- Conclusion: Prolegomena to a Lexico-Semantic Disinvention and Reinvention of Black African Languages -- References -- 13 Linguistic Governmentality, Neoliberalism, and Communicative Language Teaching: Invisibility of Indigenous Ethnic … -- Introduction -- Linguistic Governmentality and Neoliberalism -- English Language Teaching (ELT) in the Era of Neoliberalism -- Communicative Language Teaching in the Era of Neoliberalism -- Pluriversal Decoloniality -- Research Design -- Sampling Frame -- Language Preferences in the Multilingual English Classrooms -- Neoliberal Commodification of Bangla and English -- Neoliberal Form of Self-Governance of Homo Economicus -- Bangla - Apparatuses of Security -- Community Language Teaching Pedagogic Practices, Language Preferences, and Possible Consequences -- Ineffective Classroom Techniques -- Minimal Use of Ethnic Languages -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 14 Making of an Exile: An Analytic Autoethnography -- Preamble -- A Note On Decoloniality -- Part I -- Coloniality in Japan -- The Allied Occupation -- Part II -- Coloniality of Being in North America -- Entanglement of Coloniality and Neoliberalism -- Coda -- Notes -- References -- Part V Summing Up -- Epistolary Afterword: Letter to the Prince -- References -- Epilogue: Every Dog Has Its Day -- But the Long-Time Underdog Can't Wait Any Longer for That Day! -- Institutional Racism and the Myriad Ways of Creating a Smokescreen Around It -- Racial Discrimination Pure and Simple: How the Cat Does Get Out of the Bag Every Once in a While -- Coloniality in Action at Its Starkest -- Coloniality as the Hydra-Headed Offspring of Towering Eurocentrism and Marauding Capitalism.

The Art and Artifices of Dodging Issues -- The Scream That Will Not Be Silenced -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Index.