Nigerian English. David Jowitt. 2019. Berlin: DeGruyter Mouton [Dialects of English], x + 242 pp.

Ugwuanyi, Kingsley Oluchi

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“…Though the same English, different cultures of the world have different Englishes. Each English is unique in its own right and thus can signal, or be used to create, a given ethnic or national identity (Ugwuanyi, 2019;2020a;2021).…”

Section: Language and Religious Identitiesmentioning

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Directions in Language and Identity Research

Ugwuanyi

2022

Nsukka Journal of the Humanities

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The recent explosion of interest in language identity research (LIR) is traceable to a major shift in linguistic thought in the second half of the twentieth century, which emphasised the social dimensions of language. Language became conceived primarily as a social phenomenon appropriated by humans while negotiating social relationships. This shift in focus drew attention to language as an instrument for identity construction or negotiation. Since then, interest in LIR has grown exponentially, giving rise to the employment of identity as a construct in a wide range of domains. In light of this, this paper offers a critical review of the major directions in which LIR has burrowed. To achieve this, the paper is organised into three parts. Firstly, a conceptualisation of the slippery term 'identity' is undertaken, followed by a critical examination of the nature of the interface between language and identity. The third part overviews the main directions or domains in LIR, with an evaluation of the key studies in each domain, and concludes with a discussion of future directions in the discipline.

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Section: Language and Religious Identitiesmentioning

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Directions in Language and Identity Research

Ugwuanyi

2022

Nsukka Journal of the Humanities

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“…While there are other books that have also explored the theory and practices of teaching EIL (Alsagoff et al, 2012;Marlina & Giri, 2014;Matsuda, 2012), this book is unique in that it is single-authored. This increased the coherence of discussion as the use of terminology and the vision of how the concepts are realized in practices remain consistent throughout the book, streamlining the argument and clarifying the relationship among the theory, principles, and practices of EIL education.…”

Section: Department Of Languages Literatures and Linguisticsmentioning

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English for diplomatic purposes. Edited by Patricia Friedrich. 2016. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, v + 204

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2019

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Nigerian English. David Jowitt. 2019. Berlin: DeGruyter Mouton [Dialects of English], x + 242 pp.

Cited by 2 publications

References 4 publications

Directions in Language and Identity Research

Directions in Language and Identity Research

English for diplomatic purposes. Edited by Patricia Friedrich. 2016. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, v + 204

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