Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society

Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 9781783094202
ISBN-13 : 1783094206
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Book Synopsis Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society by : Kasper Juffermans

Download or read book Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society written by Kasper Juffermans and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 (languaging) rather than a countable noun (a language, languages). He goes on to argue that sociolinguistics should not be defined as the study of ‘who speaks what language to whom, and when and to what end’ (as Fishman defined it), but as the study of who uses which linguistic features under particular circumstances in a particular place and time. The book is therefore in part an exercise to unpluralise language, which Juffermans argues is necessary for a more realistic understanding of what language is, what it does, and what people do with it. The book will be of interest to sociolinguistics researchers, especially those focusing on Africa and the global South.


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