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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463444103321

Titolo

Linguistic identity in postcolonial multilingual spaces [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Eric A. Anchimbe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007

ISBN

1-4438-1040-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AnchimbeEric A

Disciplina

306.44/6

306.446

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Multilingualism

Postcolonialism

Multilingual persons - Social conditions

Anthropological linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes rev. version of papers originally presented at a section of the Innovations and Reproductions in Cultures and Societies  Conference, which was held Dec. 9-11, 2005, Vienna, Austria.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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...