Prisca Chikuta
Biographic Data
| ID | 9296475 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Prisca Chikuta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Prisca |
| FAMILY NAME | Chikuta |
| SIGNATURE | CHIKUTA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zambia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1571-5821 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Indigenous Languages in an Online Space
Drawing on the notion of translanguaging, we show how Facebook actors enact and sustain the use of a variety of Zambia’s indigenous languages alongside the English language. We conceive of Facebook as an online semiotic/linguistic landscape that occasions opportunities for language display through status updates and subsequent comments that draw on English and selected Zambian indigenous languages (Tonga, Bemba, and Nyanja) in the most unpredicta…
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Indigenous Languages in an Online Space
Drawing on the notion of translanguaging, we show how Facebook actors enact and sustain the use of a variety of Zambia’s indigenous languages alongside the English language. We conceive of Facebook as an online semiotic/linguistic landscape that occasions opportunities for language display through status updates and subsequent comments that draw on English and selected Zambian indigenous languages (Tonga, Bemba, and Nyanja) in the most unpredicta…
Computer Science (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Indigenous (1 work) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Multilingual Education and Policy (1 work) · Multilingualism (1 work) · Pedagogy (1 work) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (1 work) · Semiotics (1 work)