Multilingualism and local literacy practices in Ethiopia: Language contact in regulated and unregulated spaces

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2014

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University of Western Cape

Abstract

The study of the linguistic landscape has provided a new dimension to theories and issues related to multilingualism, including language policy. In this growing field of inquiry, however, not enough attention has been given to the linguistic landscape in sites in the Global South. Since one of the aims of literacy studies is to reveal the variety and social patternings of practices, there is a need to compare linguistic landscape data with other various textual materials.

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Literacy, Linguistic landscape, Language contact, Language ideology, Regional languages

Citation

Lanza, lizabeth ., & Woldemariam, H. (2014). Multilingualism and local literacy practices in Ethiopia: Language contact in regulated and unregulated spaces. Multilingual Margins , 1(1): 74-100.