Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication : A South African perspective /

Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication : A South African perspective / Multilingualism & Intercultural Communication edited by Russell Kaschula, Pamela Maseko, H. Ekkehard Wolff, Christine Anthonissen, Bassey E Antia, Ken Barris, Rebecca Domingo, Jeanne Toit, Regine Fourie, Nompumelelo Frans, Wanga Gambushe, Eunice . - Johannesburg : Wits University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource PDF file(s).

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Central terms and concepts / Introduction / Prologue : the essentialist paradox in intellectual discourse on African languages / part one. African language empowerment : concept formation and intellectualisation -- 1. Researching the intellectualisation of African languages, multilingualism and education / 2. Language empowerment and intellectualisation through multilingual higher education in South Africa / part two. Language planning, terminology development and dictionaries -- 3. Language planning in South Africa : a history / 4. Language and terminology development in isiXhosa : a history / 5. Multilingual terminology and cognition in assessment / 6. IsiXhosa dictionaries, language learning and intercultural communication / part three. Language in education -- 7. Managing multilingualism in education : policies and practices / 8. University multilingualism : modelling rationales for language policies / 9. Language development and multilingualism at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology / 10. Teacher development : promoting a biliteracy approach to epistemic access / part four. Language in the professions : law, media, science and language technology -- 11. Language and law : 'cultural translation' of narratives into sworn statements / 12. Language and media : isiXhosa in journalism and media studies at a South African university / 13. Using African languages to teach science in higher education / 14. The development of language technologies in the South African context / part five. Language, culture and intercultural communication -- 15. Language policy in South Africa through the Sapir-Whorf 'looking glasses' / 16. Language, intercultural communication and literature / 17. Music, literature and multilingualism in the East Cape Opera Company / 18. Beyond language : German Studies in a South African university context / Pamela Maseko, H. Ekkehard Wolff and Russell H. Kaschula -- Russell H. Kaschula, H. Ekkehard Wolff and Pamela Maseko -- H. Ekkehard Wolff -- Russell H. Kaschula and Pamela Maseko -- Pamela Maseko and H. Ekkehard Wolff -- Gregory Kamwendo and Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa -- Koliswa Moropa and Feziwe Shoba -- Bassey E. Antia -- Dion Nkomo -- Anneke Potgieter and Christine Anthonissen -- Bassey E. Antia -- Monwabisi K. Ralarala, Eunice Ivala, Ken Barris, Noleen Leach, Linda Manashe and Zakhile Somlata -- Michael Joseph, Nompumelelo Frans and Esther Ramani -- Monwabisi K. Ralarala -- Jeanne du Toit and Pamela Maseko -- Wanga Gambushe, Dion Nkomo and Pamela Maseko -- Justus C. Roux -- Russell H. Kaschula and Andre M. Mostert -- Nogwaja S. Zulu -- Hleze Kunju and Russell H. Kaschula -- Undine S. Weber, Rebecca S.C. Domingo and Regine B. Fourie.

To date, there has been no published textbook which takes into account changing sociolinguistic dynamics that have influenced South African society. Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication breaks new ground in this arena. The scope of this book ranges from macro-sociolinguistic questions pertaining to language policies and their implementation (or non-implementation) to micro-sociolinguistic observations of actual language-use in verbal interaction, mainly in multilingual contexts of Higher Education (HE). There is a gradual move for the study of language and culture to be taught in the context of (professional) disciplines in which they would be used, for example, Journalism and African languages, Education and African languages, et cetera The book caters for this growing market. Because of its multilingual nature, it caters to English and Afrikaans language speakers, as well as the Sotho and Nguni language groups - the largest languages in South Africa [and also increasingly used in the context of South African Higher Education. It brings together various inter-linked disciplines such as Sociolinguistics and Applied Language Studies, Media Studies and Journalism, History and Education, Social and Natural Sciences, Law, Human Language Technology, Music, Intercultural Communication and Literary Studies. The unique cross-cutting disciplinary features of the book will make it a must-have for twenty-first century South African students and scholars and those interested in applied language issues.



9781776140275


Language and culture--South Africa.
Sociolinguistics--South Africa.
Intercultural communication--South Africa.
Multilingualism--South Africa.


Electronic Books.

P115 / .M858 2018