Not Eleven Languages: Translanguaging and South African Multilingualism in Concert

Leketi Makalela

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2022

Not Eleven Languages

Translanguaging and South African Multilingualism in Concert

Leketi Makalela

Volume 107 in the series Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614515067

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About this book

Dynamic language practices of African multilingual speakers have not been cogently described in a book-length manuscript. This book challenges assumptions that led to South Africa's 11 official languages and makes a case for mutual inter-comprehensibility. Students, teachers, and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, translanguaging, and teacher education will find this book thought-provoking.

Author / Editor information

Leketi Makalela, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgement Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Chapter 1 African multilingualism re-defined: ‘I am because you are’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 History of language war and its sociolinguistic output Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 3 Language inventions and the role of missionary linguists Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter 4 Myths and controversies on policy implementation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Chapter 5 Mutual inter-comprehensibility: A case against the number of African languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 6 Conversation analyses and high order thinking: A case for harmonization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter 7 Beyond boundaries to full linguistic repertoires Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter 8 Sankofa, decolonization and shifting multilingual lenses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Chapter 9 Ubuntu translanguaging: Implications for language policy and education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 10 Not eleven languages: Harmonizing and translanguaging in concert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Teachers and Scholars of African Languages; Students and Scholars of Sociolinguistics and Language Policy and Planning.
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 147
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 6
- Tables: 5
Keywords: Language Policy; Mutual Intelligibility; Translanguaging; African Multilingualism.

eBook

Published: July 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781614515067

Hardcover

Published: August 1, 2022
ISBN: 9781614517078

Paperback

Planned Publication: August 6, 2024
ISBN: 9781501523083