Xhosalising English? Negotiating meaning and identity in economics

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dc.contributor.authorPaxton, Moraghen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTyam, Nolubabaloen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-29T08:36:49Z
dc.date.available2014-07-29T08:36:49Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies on 23 December 2010 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.2989/16073614.2010.545027.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAs yet, very few South African studies have explored multilingual learning contexts in order to develop a better understanding of the role that students' diverse primary or hybrid languages play in meaning making in English medium universities.This paper will report on a project which set out to investigate code-switching practices in informal learning groups in the university and to distinguish the forms and functions of these code-switching practices. A particular focus has been to gain insights into the ways in which concepts transfer from one language to another in order to develop thinking on language and learning in multilingual contexts and extend theories of conceptual transfer. The particular focus of this paper is the pedagogic and social functions of this hybrid language and how its use might be tied to questions of identity. We look particularly at the way the tutor in the peer learning group used code-mixing to negotiate different identities in dealing with first a rural and then an urban group of students. We will also illustrate by means of our data ways in which English is being appropriated and Xhosalised, particularly by the urban group of students in order to negotiate meaning, identity and status on this campus and in the wider community.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPaxton, M., & Tyam, N. (2010). Xhosalising English? Negotiating meaning and identity in economics. <i>Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3323en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPaxton, Moragh, and Nolubabalo Tyam "Xhosalising English? Negotiating meaning and identity in economics." <i>Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3323en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPaxton, M., Tyam, N. 2010. Xhosalising English? Negotiating meaning and identity in economics. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1607-3614en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Paxton, Moragh AU - Tyam, Nolubabalo AB - As yet, very few South African studies have explored multilingual learning contexts in order to develop a better understanding of the role that students' diverse primary or hybrid languages play in meaning making in English medium universities.This paper will report on a project which set out to investigate code-switching practices in informal learning groups in the university and to distinguish the forms and functions of these code-switching practices. A particular focus has been to gain insights into the ways in which concepts transfer from one language to another in order to develop thinking on language and learning in multilingual contexts and extend theories of conceptual transfer. The particular focus of this paper is the pedagogic and social functions of this hybrid language and how its use might be tied to questions of identity. We look particularly at the way the tutor in the peer learning group used code-mixing to negotiate different identities in dealing with first a rural and then an urban group of students. We will also illustrate by means of our data ways in which English is being appropriated and Xhosalised, particularly by the urban group of students in order to negotiate meaning, identity and status on this campus and in the wider community. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 SM - 1607-3614 T1 - Xhosalising English? Negotiating meaning and identity in economics TI - Xhosalising English? Negotiating meaning and identity in economics UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3323 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3323
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPaxton M, Tyam N. Xhosalising English? Negotiating meaning and identity in economics. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3323.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouthern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studiesen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2010.545027
dc.titleXhosalising English? Negotiating meaning and identity in economicsen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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