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Title: | Language Nesting, Superdiversity and African Diasporas in Regional Australia | Contributor(s): | Ndhlovu, Finex (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | DOI: | 10.1080/07268602.2013.857573 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13967 | Abstract: | This paper tells previously untold stories about the dynamic cultures, linguistic repertoires and language practices of migrants and refugees that are continuously shaped and mediated by the convoluted histories, journeys and migration itineraries of these people. It brings to light the effect of proficiency in multiple languages on their speakers' affiliations, and their perceptions of belonging in local communities. The paper draws on the outcomes of a study with refugee background Africans (hereafter, African diasporas) in regional New South Wales (NSW) to propose the language nesting model that seeks to illustrate the complex linguistic and discursive practices of these people and how such resources are used to create and negotiate material and social spaces in everyday life. The paper concludes that the stories that were elicited - about the languages, cultures, identities, migration histories and just about everything else about the sampled African diasporas - both support and resist the theoretical suppositions of superdiversity in equal measure. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Australian Journal of Linguistics, 33(4), p. 426-448 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1469-2996 0726-8602 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200403 Discourse and Pragmatics 200209 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 470405 Discourse and pragmatics 470212 Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies 470411 Sociolinguistics |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 130201 Communication across languages and culture 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies |
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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