Legitimization and recontextualization of languages: The imbalance of powers in a multilingual landscape

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dc.contributor.authorSimungala, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorJimaima, Hambaba
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-28T06:47:04Z
dc.date.available2023-03-28T06:47:04Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractWe use the uneven distribution of languages in the public spaces of the University of Zambia and the voices and narratives that emerge to argue for legitimization and recontextualization as critical components in the presence and contestations of languages. Using data from interviews and photographs of signage in place, we show legitimization of foreign languages in which English, Japanese, and Chinese forge a place of linguistic contestation and legitimization through control and superiority. We argue for the apparent hegemony of foreign languages and the striking paucity of monolingual signage of indigenous languages as the imbalance of powers. While the former shows the influence of the global in the local, the prospects for the latter continue to diminish as their chances and opportunities as linguistic capital for wider/global communication do not look so favourable. We conclude with the glaring reality of recontextualization as capital for the display of indigenous inclined discoursesen_US
dc.identifier.citationSimungala, G., & Jimaima, H. (2023). Legitimization and recontextualization of languages: The imbalance of powers in a multilingual landscape. Linguistic Landscape, 9(1), 36-58.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2214-9953
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1075/ll.21045.sim
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/8663
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishing companyen_US
dc.subjectimbalanceen_US
dc.subjectlegitimizationen_US
dc.subjectmultilingual landscapeen_US
dc.subjectrecontextualizationen_US
dc.subjectZambiaen_US
dc.titleLegitimization and recontextualization of languages: The imbalance of powers in a multilingual landscapeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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