Polyglots, Vernaculars and Global Markets: Variable Trends in West Africa

Autor/in	Adejunmobi, Moradewun
Titel	Polyglots, Vernaculars and Global Markets: Variable Trends in West Africa
Quelle	In: Language and Intercultural Communication, 4 (2004) 3, S.159-174 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-8477
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Musicians; Foreign Countries; Second Languages; Religion; Migration; Language Usage; Urban Areas; Developing Nations; Global Approach; Business; Second Language Learning; Trend Analysis; Multilingualism; Nonstandard Dialects; African Languages; English (Second Language); Ghana; Nigeria; Senegal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musiker; Ausland; Second language; Zweitsprache; Sprachgebrauch; Urban area; Stadtregion; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Globales Denken; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Trendanalyse; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache
Abstract	Using a framework from cultural studies and focusing on theories put forward by Pierre Bourdieu, the goal in this paper is to consider how some West Africans interact with foreign languages and cultures in an era of global capital, especially when it comes to the activities of migrants venturing into overseas labour markets and to the production of cultural commodities at home. Looking at the language practices of members of Senegalese religious brotherhoods who migrate to various locations in the Western world, and the language practices of Nigerian and Ghanaian urban musicians, involved in the production of Hip Hop, I will argue that citizens of poor countries who operate in markets impacted by global capital have reason to learn new languages, but also to retain distinct and localised identities. (Contains 17 notes.) (As Provided).
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