Posthumanism and the Role of Orality and Literacy in Language Ideologies in Belize

Schneider, Britta

doi:10.1111/weng.12612

Posthumanism and the Role of Orality and Literacy in Language Ideologies in Belize

dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage	150
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue	1
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage	168
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume	42
dc.contributor.author	Schneider, Britta
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-27T13:30:22Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-27T13:30:22Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.date.updated	2023-04-19T17:38:13Z
dc.description.abstract	This article discusses language ideological data from interviews and group discussions conducted in a village in Belize. Speakers here perceive English as a formal prestige language and link this to the fact that it appears in written form and tangible materiality – that is, in the form of visual symbols in text, and in objects like grammar books or dictionaries. This contrasts with discourses on Belizean Kriol, which is mostly considered a code for oral, sound‐based uses. Kriol is understood as less prone to becoming standardized and more likely subject to continuous change and creative adaption, which some interviewees consider an essential, valued characteristic of the repertoire. This shows that repertoire uses as well as ideologies of stability and ‘purity’ are entangled with media technologies, which have an impact on processes of norm development. The posthumanist hypothesis that non‐human elements and technologies may be vital in human concepts is thus confirmed.
dc.identifier.doi	10.1111/weng.12612
dc.identifier.uri	http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?fidaac-11858/2978
dc.language.iso	en
dc.relation.journal	World Englishes	en
dc.rights	L::CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subject.ddc	ddc:400
dc.subject.ddc	ddc:420
dc.subject.field	linguistics
dc.subject.field	postcolonial
dc.title	Posthumanism and the Role of Orality and Literacy in Language Ideologies in Belize
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