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dc.contributor.authorLim, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorAnsaldo, Umberto
dc.contributor.editorAnchimbe, Eric A
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-09T08:22:12Z
dc.date.available2021-11-09T08:22:12Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86273
dc.description.abstract

This timely volume moves away considerably from traditional topics investigated in studies of multilingualism and linguistic identity to propose new analytical approaches that investigate postcolonial societies from the standpoint of their specific internal structures. The book uses postcolonial multilingual societies as gateways into complex webs of identity construction and group boundary definition, the interplay and functions of oral (indigenous) and written (foreign) languages in multilingual communities, the birth of new diaspora generations at home and abroad, the redefinitions of gender roles, and the impact of linguistic identities on the different nation states focused upon in the contributions. This book could not be published at a better time. The contributors present informative facts about the complex dynamics of the co-existence of ex-colonial languages with the ancestral languages of their new speakers, and about how, on the one hand, they are embraced by some as socio-economic assets and, on the other, they are treated by others as alienating colonial legacies. The reader will learn about various ecological factors that have contributed to the indigenization of English, the maintenance or revitalization of indigenous languages, and the emergence of new cultural identities that foster new forms of linguistic diversity in Asia and Africa. This book is a gold mine of information about postcolonial identity in Africa, Asia, Ireland, and the Americas. Prof. Salikoko S. Mufwene Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics and the College University of Chicago

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCambridge Scholars Publishing
dc.titleIdentity alignment in the multilingual space: The Malays of Sri Lanka
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage218
dcterms.source.endPage243
dcterms.source.titleLinguistic Identity in Postcolonial Multilingual Spaces
dcterms.source.isbn978-1-84718-327-9
dcterms.source.placeNewcastle
dc.date.updated2021-11-09T08:22:11Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Humanities
curtin.contributor.orcidAnsaldo, Umberto [0000-0002-5733-0532]


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