Languages, Identities and Intercultural Communication in Sout... - 9780367364342

Taylor & Francis

Languages, Identities and Intercultural Communication in South Africa and BeyondAuthor(s): Russell H. Kaschula\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367364342, 978-0367364342\nSynopsis\nAfrican countries and South Africa in particular, being multilingual and multicultural societies, make for exciting sociolinguistic and applied language analysis in order to tease out the complex relationship between language and identity. This book applies sociolinguistic theory, as well as critical language awareness and translanguaging with its many facets, to various communicative scenarios, both on the continent and in South Africa, in an accessible and practical way. \n\nAfrica lends itself to such sociolinguistic analysis concerning language, identity and intercultural communication. This book reflects consciously on the NorthSouth debate and the need for us to create our own ways of interpretation emanating from the South and s.