LEADER 03472nam 22007094a 450 001 9910809764403321 005 20240410070740.0 010 $a1-280-73938-X 010 $a9786610739387 010 $a1-85359-774-0 024 7 $a10.21832/9781853597749 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245145 035 $a(EBL)227103 035 $a(OCoLC)57436834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000267121 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238371 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267121 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10334196 035 $a(PQKB)10187815 035 $a(OCoLC)ocm55665413 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC227103 035 $a(DE-B1597)513551 035 $a(OCoLC)1012839406 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781853597749 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL227103 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10096116 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL73938 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245145 100 $a20040614d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVernacular palaver $eimaginations of the local and non-native languages in West Africa /$fMoradewun Adejunmobi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aClevedon [England] ;$aBuffalo $cMultilingual Matters$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 225 1 $aLanguages for intercultural communication and education ;$v9 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85359-772-4 311 $a1-85359-773-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 206-221) and index. 327 $aColonial encounters and discourses of the vernacular -- African literature, European languages, and imaginations of the local -- Foreign languages, local audiences : the case of Nigerian video film in English -- Romance without borders : narrating love, femininity, and the local in contemporary Ivory Coast -- Languages of wider communication and alternative sites of belonging. 330 $aVernacular Palaver examines the continuing appeal of the idea of ?the local? for cultural brokers in West Africa, even in instances where they have a growing interaction with diverse global and continental languages of wider communication. It highlights the contribution of foreign and indigenous languages of wider communication to the formation of the new alliances and sodalities that are testing the relevance of locality, and reshaping the concept of local culture, in West Africa. The author traces the role of discourse about language in West African identity politics from the cultural nationalists of the early 20th century to the religious transnationals of the contemporary period. Using examples from video film, popular literature, the activity of religious associations, and educational practice, this book seeks to advance our understanding of the varied functions of non-native languages in multilingual societies. 410 0$aLanguages for intercultural communication and education ;$v9. 606 $aSociolinguistics$zAfrica, West 607 $aAfrica, West$xLanguages 610 $aWest Africa. 610 $acolonialism. 610 $aidentity. 610 $aindigenous languages. 615 0$aSociolinguistics 676 $a306.44/0966 700 $aAdejunmobi$b Moradewun$f1959-$01451758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809764403321 996 $aVernacular palaver$93921623 997 $aUNINA