Language Policy and Identity Construction (IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society)

Anchimbe, Eric A.

ISBN 10: 9027218730 / ISBN 13: 9789027218735

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language Policy and Identity Construction (IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society)
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027218730
• ISBN 13: 9789027218735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistics
  • Anthropology

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Synopsis

The (dis)empowerment of languages through language policy in multilingual postcolonial communities often shapes speakers’ identification with these languages, their attitude towards other languages in the community, and their choices in interpersonal and intergroup communication. Focusing on the dynamics of Cameroon’s multilingualism, this book contributes to current debates on the impact of politic language policy on daily language use in sociocultural and interpersonal interactions, multiple identity construction, indigenous language teaching and empowerment, the use of Cameroon Pidgin English in certain formal institutional domains initially dominated by the official languages, and linguistic patterns of social interaction for politeness, respect, and in-group bonding. Due to the multiple perspectives adopted, the book will be of interest to sociolinguists, applied linguists, pragmaticians, Afrikanists, and scholars of postcolonial linguistics.