Linguistic identity in postcolonial multilingual spaces /

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Imprint:Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 350 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11190679
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Other authors / contributors:Anchimbe, Eric A.
Innovations and Reproductions in Cultures and Societies Conference (2005 : Vienna, Austria)
ISBN:9781443810401
1443810401
1847183271
9781847183279
Notes: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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary: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 ...
Other form:Print version: Anchimbe, Eric A. Linguistic Identity in Postcolonial Multilingual Spaces. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2007 9781847183279