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Researching Language in Superdiverse Urban Contexts
This book contributes to understanding research approaches for
studying multilingualism in the context of contemporary
superdiversity, in environments that are being dramatically
transformed by transnational migration and movement of peoples. It
explores language in urban contexts: the city as a site for
experimentation and creativity in language practices. This involves
considering theoretical frameworks in which to examine these
practices, but above all, it focuses on how we do, or
could do, research into these language practices and their users.
What methodologies are we using to understand urban linguistic
contexts? What do we want to learn? The chapters explore complex
and challenging situations, capturing the evolution of new forms of
language practice and changing attitudes to language in the
city.
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Aspect, Tense and Action in the Arabic Dialect of Beirut
The linguistic categories of aspect, tense and action are closely interrelated. In the first part of Aspect, Tense and Action in the Arabic dialect of Beirut, Stefan Bruweleit defines the three categories and describes the interplay between them at a metagrammatical level. In the next parts he applies the theoretical findings of the first part to the Arabic dialect of Beirut, investigates the ways temporal, aspectual and actional categories are expressed and shows how to decide whether the verb system of the dialect has to be regarded as aspectual or as temporal. One of the main results of the work is the fact that a thorough understanding of a verb system is only possible through an understanding of the categorial interplay of aspect, tense and action.
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The languages of urban Africa
The Languages of Urban Africa consists of a series of case studies that address four main themes. The first is the history of African urban languages.The second set focus on theoretical issues in the study of African urban languages, exploring the outcomes of intense multilingualism and also the ways in which urban dwellers form their speech.
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Urbanism and Dictatorship
In the first half of the twentieth century, urban design under the influence of European dictatorships not only served to support the rulers in their own country, but also to gain the recognition of the democratic states.
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Language, Literature and Style in Africa
This book brings together the seminal contributions of scholars interested in the study of language, literature and style in Africa. It marks a response to the longstanding neglect of stylistic analysis of canonical and emergent fictional and non-fictional African prose and discourse. As a reaction to this neglect of African literary artefacts, the book provides a welcome and timely deviation from the norm. The contributions to this volume include discussions that are both analytical and theo.
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Ségrégation, normes et discrimination(s)
Les rapports complexes qu'entretiennent les dynamiques sociospatiales, les discours épilinguistiques et topologiques, les normes urbanisées, la migrance, les marquages linguistiques et/ou langagiers et les identités ne sont certes plus à démontrer dès lors que l'on investit un terrain relatif aux situations urbaines d'un point de vue sociolinguistique ; il n'est évidemment pas davantage nouveau de constater la pluralité des espaces de ville...
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