Literary translation as a tool for critical language planning

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ID12132589
AuthorsRoshni Mooneeram (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regional Integration and International Trade 11th Floor, Newton Tower, Sir William Newton Street Port‐Louis Mauritius, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume32
Issue2
Pages198-210
Publication date2013-05-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/weng.12019
OpenAlexW1583281049
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

This paper argues that Dev Virahsawmy, an author who manipulates literary translation for the purposes of linguistic prestige formation and re‐negotiation, is a critical language‐policy practitioner, as his work fills an important gap in language planning scholarship. A micro‐analysis of the translation of a Shakespearean sonnet into Mauritian Creole is carried out with a view to exploring the dynamic interconnections between the macro‐(social) level of language prestige and that of the micro‐(text) level in relation to both the source and the target languages. This exploration proves to be not only valuable in its own right for postcolonial creolistics, but it also informs the debate on the ‘linguistic imperialism’ of English

Creole language · Linguistics · Macro · Negotiation · Political science · Prestige · Relation (database · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Sonnet · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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