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Title: | Cross-border Languages in Southern African Economic and Political Integration | Contributor(s): | Ndhlovu, Finex (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | DOI: | 10.1080/00020184.2013.776196 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12368 | Abstract: | Although the subject of southern African regional integration has attracted the most attention from a political, economic and trade perspective, it has remained least understood or researched sociolinguistically. This article deals with the questions about the role of the state and local community agency in the formation and legitimation of identities. It provides a counter-narrative on the subject of cross-border languages and their intersection with cross-border activities in contemporary southern Africa. Various ways by which southern African cross-border languages can be positively deployed to enhance regional economic, political and cultural integration are discussed and illustrated. The main argument is that the recognition and mainstreaming of cross-border languages promises to provide a foundation for a regional integration framework that accommodates all stakeholders including people involved in informal cross-border activities. In conclusion the article posits that the incidence of multiple cross-border languages in southern Africa is another form of bonding and bridging social capital relevant to the realisation of an inclusive and broad-based regional integration project. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | African Studies, 72(1), p. 19-40 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1469-2872 0002-0184 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) 200105 Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 470411 Sociolinguistics 470108 Organisational, interpersonal and intercultural communication |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture 940299 Government and Politics not elsewhere classified 970114 Expanding Knowledge in Economics |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies 280116 Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture 280108 Expanding knowledge in economics |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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