Stephanie Rudwick
The Ambiguity of English as a Lingua Franca: Politics of Language and Race in South Africa
The Ambiguity of English as a Lingua Franca: Politics of Language and Race in South Africa
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This book explores the ambiguity of English as a lingua franca in contemporary South Africa by focusing on identity politics of language and race. It adopts a multidisciplinary approach, highlighting how ways of speaking English construct identities in a multilingual context. It challenges long-held concepts underpinning existing research and offers a first lens through which global scholarship on English as a lingua franca can be decolonized.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Based on extensive ethnographic research, this monograph delves into the complexities of English as a lingua franca by examining the interplay of language and race in contemporary South Africa. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the book highlights how the ways in which people speak English shape their identities in a multilingual context. With a primary focus on isiZulu and Afrikaans speakers, it raises critical questions about power and ideology. The study draws from a wide range of literature, including English as a lingua franca, raciolinguistics, and the cultural politics of English, engaging in dialogue with these fields. It challenges prevailing notions derived from research in the global North, emphasizing their limited applicability to the identity politics of language in South Africa. The book explores how these struggles for belonging manifest in marginalization and empowerment, as well as a diverse array of local, global, and glocal identity trajectories. Ultimately, it provides a groundbreaking lens through which global scholarship on English as a lingua franca can be decolonized, addressing disciplinary boundaries, geopolitical orientations, and the racial politics inherent in the use of English as a lingua franca across the world. This book will appeal to students and scholars in linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, World Englishes, ELF, and African studies.
Weight: 370g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032052953
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