This book challenges the view that digital communication in Africa is
limited and relatively unsophisticated and questions the assumption
that digital communication has a damaging effect on indigenous African
languages. The book applies the principles of Digital African
Multilingualism (DAM) in which there are no rigid boundaries between
languages. The book charts a way forward for African languages where
greater attention is paid to what speakers do with the languages
rather than what the languages look like, and offers several models
for language policy and planning based on horizontal and user-based
multilingualism. The chapters demonstrate how digital communication
is being used to form and sustain communication in many kinds of
online groups, including for political activism and creating poetry,
and offer a paradigm of language merging online that provides a
practical blueprint for the decolonization of African languages
through digital platforms. This book is open access under a CC BY NC
ND licence.
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Technology and Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781800412323
Publisert
2021
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Ingram Publisher Services UK- Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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