Author : Liz Johanson Botha
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783093870
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Book Synopsis Language Learning, Power, Race and Identity by : Liz Johanson Botha
Download or read book Language Learning, Power, Race and Identity written by Liz Johanson Botha and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the strategies and identities of colonials who have learned the languages of colonised people, using the context of isiXhosa in South Africa. While power in language learning research has traditionally focused on the powerful native speaker and the relatively disempowered learner, this book studies the inverse, where elites are the language learners. The author analyses the life histories of four white South Africans who acquired isiXhosa during the apartheid years. The book offers insights into relationships between language, power, race, identity and change in their stories and in the broader context of apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, with its conflicted history and disparities. This book should appeal to researchers interested in studies of language acquisition, narrative and identity, as well as those more broadly interested in South African history, multilingualism and race studies.