Lorato Mokwena
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorato Mokwena |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorato |
| FAMILY NAME | Mokwena |
| SIGNATURE | MOKWENA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1154-747X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Routledge Handbook of Language and the Global South/s
Routledge Handbook of Language and the Global South
Blurring the boundaries between ‘urban’ and ‘rural’
Oral semiotic resources used by individuals for wayfinding purposes have not received sufficient attention in linguistic landscape (LL) studies. In a bid to contribute to this neglected area, this paper explores oral route directions and the invention of street names in two rural places – Ulco and Delportshoop. Drawing on conceptual frameworks from cognitive geography, this paper uses linguistic landscape photographic material, interview data and…
Birds and Bees, the ‘R’ Word and Zuma’s p*nis
Commodification of African languages in linguistic landscapes of rural Northern Cape Province, South Africa
English has been portrayed in linguistic landscape literature as the definitive language of commodification. However, using linguistic landscape images from two rural communities in the Northern Cape, South Africa, this article shows how indigenous African languages and localised English are entangled as commodities - whether used independently or in hybridised form - for the sale of various goods and services. We show that the commodification of…
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Birds and Bees, the ‘R’ Word and Zuma’s p*nis
Commodification of African languages in linguistic landscapes of rural Northern Cape Province, South Africa
English has been portrayed in linguistic landscape literature as the definitive language of commodification. However, using linguistic landscape images from two rural communities in the Northern Cape, South Africa, this article shows how indigenous African languages and localised English are entangled as commodities - whether used independently or in hybridised form - for the sale of various goods and services. We show that the commodification of…
Blurring the boundaries between ‘urban’ and ‘rural’
Oral semiotic resources used by individuals for wayfinding purposes have not received sufficient attention in linguistic landscape (LL) studies. In a bid to contribute to this neglected area, this paper explores oral route directions and the invention of street names in two rural places – Ulco and Delportshoop. Drawing on conceptual frameworks from cognitive geography, this paper uses linguistic landscape photographic material, interview data and…
The Routledge Handbook of Language and the Global South/s
Routledge Handbook of Language and the Global South
Linguistics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Semiotics (3 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Academic freedom (1 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Argumentative (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (1 works)