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