Not Eleven Languages - Translanguaging and South African Multilingualism in Concert

Dynamic language practices of African multilingual speakers have not been cogently described in a book-length manuscript. This book challenges assumptions that led to South Africa's 11 official languages and makes a case for mutual inter-comprehensibility. Students, teachers, and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, translanguaging, and teacher education will find this book thought-provoking.

About the author

Leketi Makalela, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Leketi Makalela
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.2024
• EAN: 9781501523083
• ISBN: 978-1-5015-2308-3
• No. of pages: 147
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 10 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 406 g
• Illustrations: 6 col. ill., 5 b/w tbl.
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]; ISSN; Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL], 107
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics