Bi‐/Multilingualism in Southern Africa

Kamwangamalu, Nkonko M.

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“…Individuals who become multilingual through their own free choice are often referred to as elite bilinguals (Paulston, 1978). The multilingualism of elite bilinguals is commonly perceived to be a result of schooling (Butler and Hakuta, 2004) and tends to include a high proficiency in English (Boyd, 1998) or the knowledge of another world language or colonial language (Kamwangamalu, 2004). Implicit in the concept of elite bilingualism is also the presumption that the multilingualism, besides being a resource, is entirely unproblematic for the individual, since it is a matter of free choice (Paulston, 1978;Skutnabb-Kangas, 1981).…”

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Elite bilingualism? Language use among multilingual teenagers of Swedish background in European Schools and international schools in Europe

Rydenvald

2015

Jnl of Research in Internatl Education

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This article explores the language use and language attitudes as reported by a number of multilingual teenagers with a Swedish background in European Schools and international schools in Europe. Special attention is given to the concepts of Third Culture Kids and elite bilingualism in relation to teenagers' multilingualism. This study is based on a sociolinguistic survey comprising 72 participants. The results show a relationship between the language of instruction in two different international education programmes and participants' reported language use and attitudes.

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Elite bilingualism? Language use among multilingual teenagers of Swedish background in European Schools and international schools in Europe

Rydenvald

2015

Jnl of Research in Internatl Education

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“…It is said to be used rather rarely, and under conditions listed similarly elsewhere (especially by younger people, students, and friends, in spoken and electronic communication, as resulting from multilingual backgrounds, and motivated by some degree of playfulness). Black South African English, an ethnic variety, also displays strong mixing tendencies with African contact languages at times (Gough 1996: 69;Slabbert & Finlayson 2000;Kamwangamalu 2004).…”

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Hybrid Englishes: An exploratory survey

Schneider

2016

World Englishes

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One of the most striking findings when comparing the ecologies of world Englishes is the amount of language mixing and the number of truly mixed (hybrid) varieties involving Englishes. The formula X [language name] + English has produced blends in many different countries, like Taglish, Singlish, Hinglish, Chinglish, Japlish, Denglisch, Finglish, etc. Others include ‘mix‐mix’ in Hong Kong, Sheng in Kenya, or Camfranglais in Cameroon, or lack a commonly accepted designation (in Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, and so on). This article offers a systematic but exploratory survey of varieties, linguistic practices and contexts which tend to be viewed in isolation but show similarities in some of their properties and sociolinguistic settings.

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Globalisation, Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in Mozambique

Henriksen

2016

First Complex Systems Digital Campus World E-Conference 2015

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The present paper discusses the issue of increasing levels of multilingualism and multiculturalism, worldwide, as consequence of ongoing globalization and look at the major challenges involved in managing linguistic and cultural diversity at societal, institutional and academic level, in particular. The paper has as its major focus the Mozambican context and drawing on current research in the country and internationally on the language question, it discusses the various existing challenges and opportunities for devising an inclusive and democratic language and language education policy.

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Bi‐/Multilingualism in Southern Africa

Cited by 3 publications

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Elite bilingualism? Language use among multilingual teenagers of Swedish background in European Schools and international schools in Europe

Elite bilingualism? Language use among multilingual teenagers of Swedish background in European Schools and international schools in Europe

Hybrid Englishes: An exploratory survey

Globalisation, Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in Mozambique

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