This study may be of interest. (Reposted from Linguist list.)
Don Osborn
Bisharat.net
Date: 02-Nov-2004
From: Kathryn King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Vernacular Palaver: Adejunmobi
Title: Vernacular Palaver
Subtitle: Imaginations of the Local and Non-native Languages in West Africa
Series Title: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
Published: 2004
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
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Book URL: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?isb=1853597724
Author: Moradewun Adejunmobi, University of California, Davis
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Abstract:
Vernacular Palaver highlights the continuing appeal of local identities for
participants in social networks where communication occurs in languages that
are not mother tongues. Using examples from video film, popular literature,
religious activity and educational practice in West Africa, it demonstrates the
importance of notions of localness and locality for speakers of non-native
languages, despite the growing prominence of global languages in their lives.
Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG )
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