A critique of linguistic borrowing from a translanguaging perspective

This paper analyses borrowing from a sociolinguistic and translanguaging perspective through which it is viewed as a site for linguistic contestation, struggle, and power where some languages benefit while others lose out. The paper problematizes the process of borrowing and presents it as both emp...

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Main Author: Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 2023-12-01
Series:Studies in African Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/134982