Multilingual identities: new global perspectives

This book in a diagnostic approach looks at the problems plaguing Africa, a continent rich in human and natural resources yet the poorest in the world. The main question is: what is the purpose of government in Africa? As illustrated by different empirical examples, the study argues that the creation of states and governments after colonialism was a "false start" and was not impacted by the social contract principle of men forming government to preserve the common good. The result is a leadership culture of government against the people with weak institutions in favour of strong autocratic rul.

Includes index.

Cover; Contents; Introduction: New questions in research on multilingual identities in migration contexts. Inke Du Bois and Nicole Baumgarten; Communicative practices among migrant youth in Germany: 'Insulting address forms' as a multi-functional activity. Susanne Günthner; Made in Berlin: Bilingualism and identity among immigrant and German-background children. Janet M. Fuller; Asian American girls who speak African American English: A subcultural language identity. A. Lane Igoudin.

Deutsche or rusaki? Transformations of the cultural selfconceptions after (r)emigration. Katharina Meng and Ekaterina ProtassovaLoving Bollywood and being Dutch: Language choice and identity issues among Surinamese-Hindustani women in Amsterdam. Dipika Mukherjee; The role of public opinion in argumentation: Immigrants in the French radio broadcast Là-bas si j'y suis. Heike Baldauf-Quilliatre; 'And then I had to hold my first Referat on Beethoven as a politischer Mensch': Multilingual identities and L1 languageloss of US Americans in Germany. Inke Du Bois.

Indigenous and immigrant identities in multilingual Israel: Insights from focus groups and discourse analysis. Dafna Yitzhaki, Carmit Altman, Zhan…