| The Global-Local Interface and Hybridity: Exploring Language and Identity Contributor(s): Rubdy, Rani (Editor), Alsagoff, Lubna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1783090847 ISBN-13: 9781783090846 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 420 |
| LCCN: 2013023706 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.2" (1.00 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The chapters in this volume seek to bring hybrid language practices to the center of discussions about English as a global language. They demonstrate how local linguistic resources and practices are involved in the refashioning of identities in a variety of cross-cultural and geographical contexts, and illustrate hybridity as an enactment of resistance and creativity. Drawing on a variety of disciplines and ideological perspectives, the authors use contexts as diverse as social media, Bollywood films, workplaces and kindergartens to explore the ways in which English has become a part of localities and social relations in ways that are of significant sociolinguistic interest in understanding the dynamics of mobile cultures and transcultural flows. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alsagoff, Lubna: - Lubna Alsagoff is an Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She has published widely on Singapore English and language and identity, including Principles and Practices for Teaching English as an International Language (2012, edited with Sandra Lee McKay, Guangwei Hu and Willy Renandya). Both authors are co-editors with Lawrence Jun Zhang of the volume Asian Englishes: Changing Perspectives in a Globalised World (2011). |