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‘Do you want me to translate this in English or in a better Mandinka language?’: Unequal literacy regimes and grassroots spelling practices in peri-urban Gambia
Juffermans, Kasper
2011In International Journal of Educational Development, 31 (6), p. 643-653
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Keywords :
Mandinka; English; orthography; literacy; ideology; ethnography; text; spelling; Gambia; West Africa
Abstract :
[en] This paper presents a comparative ethnographic analysis of two versions of a grassroots text in Mandinka language, one written by a non-formally educated man, the other a respelling by a formally educated urbanite. The analysis points at a crucial difference in spelling practices and inequality in literacy regimes, i.e., between established orthographic English literacy and the more creative, heterographic and emergent local language literacy. It is shown how English orthography affects local ideologies of literacy as well as Mandinka spelling practices itself, in greater or lesser extent, depending on the educational history of the speller.
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Juffermans, Kasper ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Languages, Culture, Media and Identities (LCMI)
Language :
English
Title :
‘Do you want me to translate this in English or in a better Mandinka language?’: Unequal literacy regimes and grassroots spelling practices in peri-urban Gambia
Publication date :
November 2011
Journal title :
International Journal of Educational Development
Special issue title :
Literacy inequalities and social justice
Volume :
31
Issue :
6
Pages :
643-653
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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