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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Weitere Verfasser: Makalela, Leketi (HerausgeberIn), White, Goodith (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bristo ; Blue Ridge Summit Multilingual Matters [2021]
Schriftenreihe:New perspectives on language and education 92
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 197 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781800412316
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DOI:10.21832/9781800412316