Publications

Publication details [#52208]

Banda, Felix and Omondi Oketch. 2008. Multilingual discourse practices in community development in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 26 (1) : 1–11.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative efficiency | developing nation | language use | message1 | multilingualism

Language as a subject

Dholuo | English | Kiswahili

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study explores functional multilingual discourse practices and communicative strategies (including the use of Dholuo, English and Kiswahili) with regard to the efficient disseminating of community development messages in Kenya's multilingual Nyanza Province.