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Liquid languages : constructing languages in late modern cultures of diffusion /

"Focusing on the multilingual Caribbean, this book examines ethnographic data and local performances of English to explore how language is constructed in discourse and via media practices. It is ideal reading for scholars of language contact, the sociolinguistics of globalisation, language ideo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schneider, Britta
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Series:Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics > Belize.
Group identity > Belize.
Languages in contact > Belize.
English language > Social aspects > Belize.
Multilingualism > Social aspects > Belize.
Sociolinguistique > Belize.
Identité collective > Belize.
Langues en contact > Belize.
Multilinguisme > Aspect social > Belize.
English language > Social aspects
Group identity
Languages in contact
Multilingualism > Social aspects
Sociolinguistics
Belize
Essays.
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Summary:"Focusing on the multilingual Caribbean, this book examines ethnographic data and local performances of English to explore how language is constructed in discourse and via media practices. It is ideal reading for scholars of language contact, the sociolinguistics of globalisation, language ideology research, and African and Caribbean Studies"--
Physical Description:xvii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781009249874
1009249878
9781009249843
1009249843