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Linguistic identity in postcolonial multilingual spaces /

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 mul...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: Innovations and Reproductions in Cultures and Societies Conference
Autres auteurs: Anchimbe, Eric A.
Format: Électronique Actes de congrès eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 ...
Description: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xi, 350 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781443810401
1443810401