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Title Linguistic identity in postcolonial multilingual spaces / edited by Eric A. Anchimbe.

Publication Info. Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 350 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note 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.
Bibliography 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 ...
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Subject Sociolinguistics -- Congresses.
Sociolinguistics.
Multilingualism -- Congresses.
Multilingualism.
Postcolonialism -- Congresses.
Postcolonialism.
Multilingual persons -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
Multilingual persons.
Social conditions.
Anthropological linguistics -- Congresses.
Anthropological linguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Anchimbe, Eric A.
Innovations and Reproductions in Cultures and Societies Conference (2005 : Vienna, Austria)
Other Form: Print version: Anchimbe, Eric A. Linguistic Identity in Postcolonial Multilingual Spaces. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2007 9781847183279
ISBN 9781443810401 (electronic book)
1443810401 (electronic book)
1847183271 (hardback)
9781847183279 (hardback)