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Multilingual Matters
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3 Creating Translated Interfaces: The Represen tations of African Langua ges and Cultures in Digital Media
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Contributors vii
- Introduction xi
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Part 1: Multilingual Practices
- 1 Multilingual Literacies and Technology in Africa: Towards Ubuntu Digital Translanguaging 1
- 2 Translanguaging in the Rwandan Social Media: New Meaning Making in a Changing Society 19
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Part 2: Linguistic and Cultural Maintenance
- 3 Creating Translated Interfaces: The Represen tations of African Langua ges and Cultures in Digital Media 51
- 4 Mdocumentation: Combining New Technologies and Language Documentation to Promote Multilingualism in Nubian Heritage Language Learners of the Diaspora 73
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Part 3: The Effects of Communication Outside Africa
- 5 A Network of Anger and Hope: An Investigation of Communication on a Feminist Activist Facebook Website, the Network of Eritrean Women (RENEW) 99
- 6 Identity, Language and Literacy in an African Digital Landscape 118
- 7 Networked Poetics: WhatsApp Poetry Groups and Malawian Aesthetic Networks 137
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Part 4: Language Change
- 8 Human–Agent Interaction: L1-mode Intelligent Software Agents Instructing Nigerian L2 Speakers of English During Assembly Tasks 157
- Conclusion 188
- Index 196
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Contributors vii
- Introduction xi
-
Part 1: Multilingual Practices
- 1 Multilingual Literacies and Technology in Africa: Towards Ubuntu Digital Translanguaging 1
- 2 Translanguaging in the Rwandan Social Media: New Meaning Making in a Changing Society 19
-
Part 2: Linguistic and Cultural Maintenance
- 3 Creating Translated Interfaces: The Represen tations of African Langua ges and Cultures in Digital Media 51
- 4 Mdocumentation: Combining New Technologies and Language Documentation to Promote Multilingualism in Nubian Heritage Language Learners of the Diaspora 73
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Part 3: The Effects of Communication Outside Africa
- 5 A Network of Anger and Hope: An Investigation of Communication on a Feminist Activist Facebook Website, the Network of Eritrean Women (RENEW) 99
- 6 Identity, Language and Literacy in an African Digital Landscape 118
- 7 Networked Poetics: WhatsApp Poetry Groups and Malawian Aesthetic Networks 137
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Part 4: Language Change
- 8 Human–Agent Interaction: L1-mode Intelligent Software Agents Instructing Nigerian L2 Speakers of English During Assembly Tasks 157
- Conclusion 188
- Index 196