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Linguistic Ideologies, Sociolinguistic Myths and Discourse Strategies in Africa

By: Sinfree Makoni

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Linguistic Ideologies, Sociolinguistic Myths and Discourse Strategies in Africa

By: Sinfree Makoni

The third of four volumes of selected papers by Zimbabwean linguist Sinfree Makoni on colonial linguistics, language teaching, language planning, language policy, language in education, multilingualism and urban vernaculars in Africa. The sixteen papers collected in this volume have a triple focus: linguistic ideologies, the social-linguistic myths upon which they are based, and real-world social-linguistic practices, attention to which reveals the misfit between myth, ideology and reality. The author argues that even those whose intentions are specifically to overturn colonial ideologies are often reinforcing and solidifying those linguistic myths upon which colonial ideologies were/are based. Includes papers written in collaboration with Ashraf Abdelhay, Arnetha F. Ball, Janina Brutt-Griffler, Marika K. Criss, Busi Makoni, Ulrike Meinhof, Alastair Pennycook, Aaron Rosenberg, Cristine Severo, Geneva Smitherman and Arthur K. Spears.

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348

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1735487619

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9781735487618

Languages and Language Planning in Zimbabwe

By: Sinfree Makoni

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Languages and Language Planning in Zimbabwe

By: Sinfree Makoni

This fourth volume of Sinfree Makoni's selected papers focuses on language planning and policy, language in education, linguistic ideologies, missionary linguistics in Zimbabwe and the relations among the national, indigenous and minority languages of Zimbabwe (especially English, Shona and Tonga). Includes papers written in collaboration with Janina Brutt-Griffler, Busi Makoni, Pedzisai Mashiri, Nicholus Nyika, Charles Pfukwa and Barbara Truddell.

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352

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1735487600

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9781735487601

Language in Africa

By: Sinfree Makoni

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Language in Africa

By: Sinfree Makoni

Selected papers on linguistics, language planning, sociolinguistics, colonial linguistics, decolonizing linguistics and Integrational Linguistics in Africa spanning the period 1993 through 2018.

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334

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0578720353

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9780578720357

Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts

By: Kees De Bot,Sinfree Makoni

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Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts

By: Kees De Bot,Sinfree Makoni

In this book different aspects of language and aging are discussed. While language spoken by and language spoken with elderly people have been treated as different areas of research, it is argued here that from a dynamical system perspective the two are closely interrelated. In addition to overviews of research on language and aging, a number of projects on this topic in multilingual settings are presented.

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172

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Multilingual Matters

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1853598402

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9781853598401

Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South

By: Alastair Pennycook,Sinfree Makoni

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Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South

By: Alastair Pennycook,Sinfree Makoni

Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South provides an original appraisal of the latest innovations and challenges in applied linguistics from the perspective of the Global South. Global South perspectives are encapsulated in struggles for basic, economic, political and social transformation in an inequitable world, and are not confined to the geographical South. Taking a critical perspective on Southern theories, demonstrating why it is important to view the world from Southern perspectives and why such positions must be open to critical investigation, this book: charts the impacts of these theories on approaches to multilingualism, language learning, language in education, literacy and diversity, language rights and language policy; provides broad historical and geographical understandings of the movement towards a Southern perspective and draws on Indigenous and Southern ways of thinking that challenge mainstream viewpoints; seeks to develop alternative understandings of applied linguistics, expand the intellectual repertoires of the discipline, and challenge the complicities between applied linguistics, colonialism, and capitalism. Written by two renowned scholars in the field, Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South is key reading for advanced students and researchers of applied linguistics, multilingualism, language and education, language policy and planning, and language and identity.

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Routledge

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0429951779

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9780429951770

Black Linguistics

Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas

By: Arnetha Ball,Sinfree Makoni,Geneva Smitherman,Arthur K. Spears,Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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Black Linguistics

Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas

By: Arnetha Ball,Sinfree Makoni,Geneva Smitherman,Arthur K. Spears,Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences. The majority of Black language researchers explore the social and linguistic phenomena of individual Black communities, without looking at Black experiences outside a given community. This groundbreaking collection re-orders the elitist and colonial elements of language studies by drawing together the multiple perspectives of Black language researchers. In doing so, the book recognises and formalises the existence of a "Black Linguistic Perspective" highlights the contributions of Black language researchers in the field. Written exclusively by Black scholars on behalf of, and in collaboration with local communities, the book looks at the commonalities and differences among Black speech communities in Africa and the Diaspora. Topics include: * the OJ Simpson trial * language issues in Southern Africa and Francophone West Africa * the language of Hip Hop * the language of the Rastafaria in Jamaica With a foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, this is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the linguistic implications of colonization.

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