Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society

Local Languaging, Literacy and Multilingualism in a West African Society Juffermans Kasper Wydawca: Channel View Publications Ltd Data wydania: 2015 ISBN: 9781783094202 Liczba stron: 192 Format: 156 x 217 x 16 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: This book aims to enhance and challenge our understanding of language and literacy as social practices against the background of heightened globalisation. Juffermans presents an ethnographic study of The Gambia, arguing that language should be conceptualised as a verb (languaging) rather than a countable noun (a language, languages).