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 decolonizat...
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Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA :
Multilingual Matters,
[2021]
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| Series: | New perspectives on language and education ;
92. |
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Rethinking language use in digital Africa : technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Leketi Makalela and Goodith White. Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2021] ©2021 1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier New perspectives on language and education; 92 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Multilingual Literacies and Technology in Africa: Towards Ubuntu Digital Translanguaging / Leketi Makalela -- Translanguaging in the Rwandan Social Media: New Meaning Making in a Changing Society / Epimaque Niyibizi, Cyprien Niyomugabo and Juliet Perumal -- Creating Translated Interfaces: The Representations of African Languages and Cultures in Digital Media / Elvis ResCue and G. Edzordzi Agbozo -- Mdocumentation: Combining New Technologies and Language Documentation to Promote Multilingualism in Nubian Heritage Language Learners of the Diaspora / Kirsty Rowan -- A Network of Anger and Hope: An Investigation of Communication on a Feminist Activist Facebook Website, The Network of Eritrean Women (RENEW) / Sarah Ogbay & Goodith White -- Identity, Language and Literacy in an African Digital Landscape / Bonny Norton -- Networked Poetics: WhatsApp Poetry Groups and Malawian Aesthetic Networks / Susanna Sacks -- Human-Agent Interaction: L1-mode Intelligent Software Agents Instructing Nigerian L2 Speakers of English During Assembly Tasks / Abdulmalik Yusuf Ofemile -- Conclusion. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2021). Multilingualism Africa, Sub-Saharan. Translanguaging (Linguistics) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2018000488 Digital communications Africa, Sub-Saharan. Digital media Social aspects Africa, Sub-Saharan. Language policy Africa, Sub-Saharan. Multilinguisme Afrique subsaharienne. Translanguaging. Transmission numérique Afrique subsaharienne. Médias numériques Afrique subsaharienne Aspect social. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies. bisacsh Digital communications fast Digital media Social aspects fast Language policy fast Multilingualism fast Translanguaging (Linguistics) fast Sub-Saharan Africa fast Makalela, Leketi, editor. White, Goodith, editor. has work: Rethinking language use in digital Africa (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFKPyVwXfHQj39v9dWcbQy https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Rethinking language use in digital Africa Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, 2021. 9781800412293 (DLC) 2021004707 New perspectives on language and education ; 92. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004030106 |
| spellingShingle | Rethinking language use in digital Africa : technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa / New perspectives on language and education ; Introduction -- Multilingual Literacies and Technology in Africa: Towards Ubuntu Digital Translanguaging / Leketi Makalela -- Translanguaging in the Rwandan Social Media: New Meaning Making in a Changing Society / Epimaque Niyibizi, Cyprien Niyomugabo and Juliet Perumal -- Creating Translated Interfaces: The Representations of African Languages and Cultures in Digital Media / Elvis ResCue and G. Edzordzi Agbozo -- Mdocumentation: Combining New Technologies and Language Documentation to Promote Multilingualism in Nubian Heritage Language Learners of the Diaspora / Kirsty Rowan -- A Network of Anger and Hope: An Investigation of Communication on a Feminist Activist Facebook Website, The Network of Eritrean Women (RENEW) / Sarah Ogbay & Goodith White -- Identity, Language and Literacy in an African Digital Landscape / Bonny Norton -- Networked Poetics: WhatsApp Poetry Groups and Malawian Aesthetic Networks / Susanna Sacks -- Human-Agent Interaction: L1-mode Intelligent Software Agents Instructing Nigerian L2 Speakers of English During Assembly Tasks / Abdulmalik Yusuf Ofemile -- Conclusion. Multilingualism Africa, Sub-Saharan. Translanguaging (Linguistics) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2018000488 Digital communications Africa, Sub-Saharan. Digital media Social aspects Africa, Sub-Saharan. Language policy Africa, Sub-Saharan. Multilinguisme Afrique subsaharienne. Translanguaging. Transmission numérique Afrique subsaharienne. Médias numériques Afrique subsaharienne Aspect social. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies. bisacsh Digital communications fast Digital media Social aspects fast Language policy fast Multilingualism fast Translanguaging (Linguistics) fast |
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| title | Rethinking language use in digital Africa : technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa / |
| title_auth | Rethinking language use in digital Africa : technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa / |
| title_exact_search | Rethinking language use in digital Africa : technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa / |
| title_full | Rethinking language use in digital Africa : technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Leketi Makalela and Goodith White. |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking language use in digital Africa : technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Leketi Makalela and Goodith White. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking language use in digital Africa : technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Leketi Makalela and Goodith White. |
| title_short | Rethinking language use in digital Africa : |
| title_sort | rethinking language use in digital africa technology and communication in sub saharan africa |
| title_sub | technology and communication in Sub-Saharan Africa / |
| topic | Multilingualism Africa, Sub-Saharan. Translanguaging (Linguistics) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2018000488 Digital communications Africa, Sub-Saharan. Digital media Social aspects Africa, Sub-Saharan. Language policy Africa, Sub-Saharan. Multilinguisme Afrique subsaharienne. Translanguaging. Transmission numérique Afrique subsaharienne. Médias numériques Afrique subsaharienne Aspect social. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies. bisacsh Digital communications fast Digital media Social aspects fast Language policy fast Multilingualism fast Translanguaging (Linguistics) fast |
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