The semiotics of new spaces : languaging and literacy practices in one South African township

The semiotics of new spaces : languaging and literacy practices in one South African township /

In South Africa, the township or sub-economic state housing development has achieved a very significant position as a site for sociolinguistic research. The Semiotics of New Spaces - Languaging and Literacy Practices in one South African Township looks at the ways in which people are responding, thr...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Dyers, Charlyn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stellenbosch (South Africa) : Sun Press, 2018
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Literacy > South Africa > Western Cape.
Multilingualism > South Africa > Western Cape.
Semiotics > South Africa > Western Cape.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Background
  • Chapter 1: A Society on the Move and a Township of Migrants
  • Chapter 2: Language Maintenance and Translanguaging: The Impact of Migration in Wesbank
  • Part 2: Multilingual Literacies
  • Chaper 3: Literacy, Language and Ideologies flowing into Wesbank
  • Chapter 4: Portable Multiliteracies: Theory and Practice in Wesbank
  • Chapter 5: Emotion, Voice and Agency in the Journals of Wesbank Women
  • Part 3: A 'Messy Linguistic Market'
  • Chapter 6: The 'Messy Linguistic Market' of Wesbank
  • Chapter 7: Truncated Multilingualism: Theory and Practice
  • Chapter 8: Peripheral Normativity in Language Classrooms at Wesbank High School
  • Part 4: Conclusion
  • Chapter 9: Becoming a Channel for Voices from the Periphery: The Role of the Socially Responsible Sociolinguist
  • Afterword: Towards Equal Multilingualisms
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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