The Ambiguity of English as a Lingua Franca

Grounded in ethnography, this monograph explores the ambiguity of English as a lingua franca by focusing on identity politics of language and race in contemporary South Africa.

Autorentext

Stephanie Rudwick is a linguistic anthropologist and interdisciplinarian in African Studies/Political Science at the University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic and an honorary affiliate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her research focuses primarily on the sociocultural politics of language, race, ethnicity, and gender and she has published widely on these topics.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Framing the Study

2. English in the World and as a Lingua Franca

3. The Making of English as a Lingua Franca in South Africa

4. Marginalisation and Empowerment

5. Cosmopolitanism and Parochialism

6. Linguistic Mobility and Racial Authenticity **

7. Gendered Ambiguities

8. Disruption and Innovation

9. Positionality and Reflexivity

10. Conclusion: Moving the Centre