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Translingual Practice among African Immigrants in the US: Embracing the Mosaicness of the English Language
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Kigamwa, James Chamwada; Ndemanu, Michael Takafor – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
There is a need to embrace translingualism in order to avert covert tensions that emanate from the ascription of linguistic supremacy to "standard" English, especially among teachers of immigrant children and in overall public discourse. Drawing inspiration from the 1974 resolutions of the Conference on College Composition and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Standard Spoken Usage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Pre-Colonial Systems of Writing and Post-Colonial Languages of Publication.
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Riney, Timothy J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1998
Previous accounts of "europhone" status (anglophone, francophone, etc.) have inadequately addressed spoken-written differences as well as different post-colonial developments taken by Southeast Asia, South Asia, North Africa, and East Africa vis-a-vis those of West, Central, and Southern Africa. This article investigates the extent to…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Owning the Other Tongue: The English Language in Southern Africa.
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Chisanga, T.; Kamwangamalu, N. M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Discusses the issue of who owns English from the perspective of non-native Englishes in Southern Africa, with a focus on the linguistic processes underpinning the owning of English there. Suggests that claiming ownership of English in the African context means to make English carry the weight of one's African experience and to alter it to suit its…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Context Effect, Cultural Context, English (Second Language)