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245 1 _aEnglish as a Local language :
_bPost colonial identities and Multilingual Practices /
_cChristina Higgins.
100 _aHiggins, Christina
260 _aSalisbury,UK :
_bBritish Library Cataloging,
_c2009.
300 _axii, 171 p.:
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300 _c21 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographic references and index
020 _a978-1-84769-180-4
650 _aEnglish language
_zAfrica, East
650 _aEnglish language
_xVariation
_zAfrica, East
650 _aSociolinguistics
_zAfrica, East
651 _aAfrica, East
_xLanguages
650 _aEnglish language
_xGlobalization
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505 _aMultivoiced 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.
520 _aExplores 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.
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