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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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Makalela, Leketi (Editor), White, Goodith (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2021]
Series:New perspectives on language and education ; 92.
Subjects:
Multilingualism > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Translanguaging (Linguistics)
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.
Digital communications
Digital media > Social aspects
Language policy
Multilingualism
Sub-Saharan Africa
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
ISBN:9781800412316
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