Rethinking language use in digital Africa : technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa /

"This 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 decolonizat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Makalela, Leketi (Editor ), White, Goodith (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2021]
Colección:New perspectives on language and education ; 92.
Temas:
Multilingualism > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Translanguaging (Linguistics)
Digital communications > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Digital media > Social aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Language policy > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Multilinguisme > Afrique subsaharienne.
Translanguaging.
Transmission numérique > Afrique subsaharienne.
Médias numériques > Afrique subsaharienne > Aspect social.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies.
Digital communications
Digital media > Social aspects
Language policy
Multilingualism
Sub-Saharan Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This 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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781800412316
1800412312
9781800412330
1800412339
9781800412323
1800412320

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