Deconstructing and reinventing the concept of multilingualism: A case study of the Mauritian sociolinguistic landscape
This article aims at deconstructing the conception of multilingualism developed in mainstream sociolinguistics by critically examining the assumptions underlying this trend of research, which is grounded in the scholarship of Labov (1972), Fishman (1984) and even Gumperz (1972). In order to engage i...
Main Authors: | Tirvassen, Rada, Ramasawmy, Shalini Jagambal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2017-12-01
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Series: | Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus |
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Online Access: | https://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/698 |
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