Rethinking Language Use in Digital Africa : Technology and Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa

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 decolonization of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Edzordzi Agbozo, G., contributor (contributor), Makalela, Leketi, contributor (editor), Makalela, Leketi, editor, Niyibizi, Epimaque, contributor, Niyomugabo, Cyprien, contributor, Norton, Bonny, contributor, Ofemile, Abdulmalik Yusuf, contributor, Ogbay, Sarah, contributor, Perumal, Juliet, contributor, Rescue, Elvis, contributor, Rowan, Kirsty, contributor, Sacks, Susanna, contributor, White, Goodith, contributor, White, Goodith, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters [2021]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:New Perspectives on Language and Education
Materias:
Digital communications > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Digital media > Social aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Language policy > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Multilingualism > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Translanguaging (Linguistics)
Translanguaging (Linguistics).
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009872238806719
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 (224 p.)
ISBN:9781800412323
9781800412316

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