04761nam 22008055 450 99657184880331620240123185920.01-80041-232-01-80041-231-210.21832/9781800412316(CKB)4100000011954447(DE-B1597)576605(DE-B1597)9781800412316(MiAaPQ)EBC6639524(Au-PeEL)EBL6639524(OCoLC)1256238102(OCoLC)1237651071(EXLCZ)99410000001195444720210729h20212021 fg engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRethinking Language Use in Digital Africa Technology and Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa /ed. by Goodith White, Leketi Makalela1st ed.Blue Ridge Summit, PA :Multilingual Matters,[2021]©20211 online resource (224 p.)New Perspectives on Language and Education ;921-80041-230-4 1-80041-229-0 Frontmatter --Contents --Contributors --Introduction --Part 1: Multilingual Practices --1 Multilingual Literacies and Technology in Africa: Towards Ubuntu Digital Translanguaging --2 Translanguaging in the Rwandan Social Media: New Meaning Making in a Changing Society --Part 2: Linguistic and Cultural Maintenance --3 Creating Translated Interfaces: The Represen tations of African Langua ges and Cultures in Digital Media --4 Mdocumentation: Combining New Technologies and Language Documentation to Promote Multilingualism in Nubian Heritage Language Learners of the Diaspora --Part 3: The Effects of Communication Outside Africa --5 A Network of Anger and Hope: An Investigation of Communication on a Feminist Activist Facebook Website, the Network of Eritrean Women (RENEW) --6 Identity, Language and Literacy in an African Digital Landscape --7 Networked Poetics: WhatsApp Poetry Groups and Malawian Aesthetic Networks --Part 4: Language Change --8 Human–Agent Interaction: L1-mode Intelligent Software Agents Instructing Nigerian L2 Speakers of English During Assembly Tasks --Conclusion --IndexThis book challenges the view that digital communication in Africa is relatively unsophisticated and questions the assumption that digital communication has a damaging effect on indigenous African languages. It offers a paradigm of language merging that provides a blueprint for the decolonization of African languages through digital platforms.New Perspectives on Language and EducationDigital communicationsAfrica, Sub-SaharanDigital mediaSocial aspectsAfrica, Sub-SaharanLanguage policyAfrica, Sub-SaharanMultilingualismAfrica, Sub-SaharanTranslanguaging (Linguistics)Translanguaging (Linguistics)LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication StudiesbisacshDigital communicationsDigital mediaSocial aspectsLanguage policyMultilingualismTranslanguaging (Linguistics)Translanguaging (Linguistics).LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies.306.4460967Edzordzi Agbozo G.ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbMakalela Leketictbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbMakalela Leketiedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtNiyibizi Epimaquectbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbNiyomugabo Cyprienctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbNorton Bonnyctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbOfemile Abdulmalik Yusufctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbOgbay Sarahctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbPerumal Julietctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbRescue Elvisctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbRowan Kirstyctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbSacks Susannactbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbWhite Goodithctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbWhite Goodithedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996571848803316Rethinking Language Use in Digital Africa3670565UNISA