Linguistic Identity in Postcolonial Multilingual Spaces.
Title:
Linguistic Identity in Postcolonial Multilingual Spaces.
Author:
Anchimbe, Eric A.
ISBN:
9781443810401
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (362 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- PART II -- OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- PART III -- OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CHAPTE THIRTEEN -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.
Abstract:
This timely volume moves away considerably from traditional topics investigated in studies of multilingualism and linguistic identity to propose new analytical approaches that investigate postcolonial societies from the standpoint of their specific internal structures. The book uses postcolonial multilingual societies as gateways into complex webs of identity construction and group boundary definition, the interplay and functions of oral (indigenous) and written (foreign) languages in multili...
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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