Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168) and index.
Multivoiced multilingualism -- From pre-colonial beginnings to multivocality -- Double voices in the workplace -- Miss World or Miss Bantu? : competing dialogues on female beauty -- The polyphony of East African hip hop -- Selling fasta fasta in the East African marketplace -- New wor(l)d order.
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Explores how multilingualism involving English is ordered in post-colonial, globalizing societies. By placing multilingual practices at the theoretical center, this book investigates a range of sociolinguistic domains to demonstrate how individuals use English as a local resource alongside other languages in East Africa.
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English as a local language.
9781847691811
English language-- Africa, East.
English language-- Globalization.
English language-- Variation-- Africa, East.
Sociolinguistics-- Africa, East.
English language-- Globalization.
English language-- Variation.
English language.
Language and languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- General.
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National liberation & independence, post-colonialism.