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Publication details [#53731]

Banda, Felix and Basirat Olayemi Bellononjengele. 2010. Style, repertoire, and identities in Zambian multilingual discourses. Journal of multicultural discourses 5 (2) : 107–119.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-mixing | identity negotiation | language use | multilingualism | role-playing

Language as a subject

English, Zambian | Languages, Zambian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper discusses how Zambians deploy multilingualism -drawing on rural/urban indigenous Zambian languages, (Zambian) English, and mixed codes- to enact relevant roles and identities (i.e. traditional, modern, rural, urban, and hybrid), and as a means for trans-tribal, trans-regional, and transnational mobility.