Higgins, Christina <br/><br/>
English as a Local language :   Post colonial identities and Multilingual Practices / 
Christina Higgins. 
 - Salisbury,UK :  British Library Cataloging,  2009. 
 - xii, 171 p.:   ill  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographic references and index 
<br/><br/>Multivoiced multilingualism -- From pre-colonial beginnings to multivocality -- Double voices in the workplace -- Miss World or Miss Bantu? : competing dialogues on female beauty -- The polyphony of East African hip hop -- Selling fasta fasta in the East African marketplace -- New wor(l)d order. 
<br/><br/> Explores how multilingualism involving English is ordered in post-colonial, globalizing societies. By placing multilingual practices at the theoretical center, this book investigates a range of sociolinguistic domains to demonstrate how individuals use English as a local resource alongside other languages in East Africa. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-84769-180-4 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Africa, East<br/>English language--Variation--Africa, East<br/>Sociolinguistics--Africa, East<br/>English language--Globalization
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa, East--Languages
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>427.6762 H53e